Physical activity and health service utilization among older people

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-129

  Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a,b   Rottenberg, Yakir ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a,b,c   Stessman, Jochanan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health service utilization; Longitudinal cohort study; Oldest old; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 84873102135     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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