Living the Good Life? Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns in the Old Order Amish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Lee, Woei Jyh ^b   Tolea, Magdalena I ^a   Shields, Kelsey ^a   Ashktorab, Zahra ^b   Magder, Laurence S ^a   Ryan, Kathleen A ^a   Pollin, Toni I ^a   McArdle, Patrick F ^a   Shuldiner, Alan R ^a,c   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMISH; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMISH; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTESTANTISM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84871317852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051560     Document Type: Article

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