Health-related factors associated with hospitalization for old people: Comparisons of elderly aged 85 in a population cohort study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Nägga, Katarina ^a,b   Dong, Huan Ji ^a,c   Marcusson, Jan ^a,c   Skoglund, Sabina Olin ^a   Wressle, Ewa ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care service; Hospitalization; Population study; Postal questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSOMNIA; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STROKE; SWEDEN; TECHNICAL AID; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857039986     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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