Seven-year hospital and nursing home care use according to age and proximity to death: Variations by cause of death and socio-demographic position

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1152-1158

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Murphy, Michael ^b   Metsä Simola, Niina ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^c   Moustgaard, Heta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING POPULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872026932     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200756     Document Type: Article

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