US population aging and demand for inpatient services

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-196

  Pallin, Daniel J ^a   Espinola, Janice A ^b   Camargo, Carlos A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895499595     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2145     Document Type: Article

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