Understanding NHS hospital admissions in England: Linkage of Hospital Episode Statistics to the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 653-660

  Simmonds, Shirley J ^a   Syddall, Holly E ^a   Walsh, Bronagh ^b   Evandrou, Maria ^b   Dennison, Elaine M ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Aihie sayer, Avan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Healthcare burden; Hospital admissions; Hospital Episode Statistics; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EAR DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906886484     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu020     Document Type: Article

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