Health care in adults with Down syndrome: A longitudinal cohort study

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 947-958

  Jensen, K M ^a   Davis, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Health services research; Healthcare transition; Healthcare utilisation; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHONDROSARCOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RACE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE TRANSITION; HEALTHCARE UTILISATION; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883049249     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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