Influenza and seasonal patterns of hospital use by older adults in long-term care and community settings in Ontario, Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Gruneir, Andrea ^a   Kwong, Jeff C ^b   Campitelli, Michael A ^b   Newman, Alice ^b   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^c   Rochon, Paula A ^a   Mor, Vincent ^d  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84893407124     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301519     Document Type: Article

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