Determinants of acute hospital care use by elderly patients in Italy from 1996 to 2006

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liotta, Giuseppe ^a   Mancinelli, Sandro ^a   Scarcella, Paola ^a   Emberti Gialloreti, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home care; Hospital admission; Hospital stay; Multivariate linear regression models; Older patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84859855712     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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