Does improved survival lead to a more fragile population: Time trends in second and third hospital admissions among men and women above the age of 60 in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 84902589928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099034     Document Type: Article

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