Frequent hospital admission of older people with chronic disease: A cross-sectional survey with telephone follow-up and data linkage

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Longman, Jo M ^a   I Rolfe, Margaret ^a,b   Passey, Megan D ^a   Heathcote, Kathy E ^a,e   Ewald, Dan P ^a,c   Dunn, Therese ^d   Barclay, Lesley M ^a   Morgan, Geoffrey G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c North Coast NSW Medicare Local   (Australia)

^d North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Avoidable admission; Chronic disease; Frequent admission; Frequent hospitalisation; Older people; Potentially preventable admission; Rural; Social isolation.

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84867898749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-373     Document Type: Review

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