Changes in hospitalisation and surgical procedures among the oldest-old: A follow-up study of the entire Danish 1895 and 1905 cohorts from ages 85 to 99 years

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-481

  Oksuzyan, Anna ^a,b   Jeune, Bernard ^a   Juel, Knud ^c   Vaupel, James W ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort comparison; Denmark; Hospitalisation; In hospital mortality; Old age; Older people; Post operative mortality; Register study; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

COHORT COMPARISON; DENMARK; HOSPITALISATION; IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY; OLD AGE; OLDER PEOPLE; POST-OPERATIVE MORTALITY; REGISTER STUDY; SURGICAL PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879867279     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft031     Document Type: Article

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