Factors associated with the utilization and costs of health and social services in frail elderly patients

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kehusmaa, Sari ^a   Autti Rämö, Ilona ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b   Hinkka, Katariina ^a   Valaste, Maria ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^c  

^a SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SOCIAL WORK; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84865269950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-204     Document Type: Article

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