Trends in age at first hospital admission in relation to trends in life expectancy in Swedish men and women above the age of 60

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Karampampa, Korinna ^a   Drefahl, Sven ^a,b   Andersson, Tomas ^a,c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Modig, Karin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84885347290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003447     Document Type: Article

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