Acute admissions to medical departments in Denmark: Diagnoses and patient characteristics

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 639-645

  Vest Hansen, Betina ^a   Riis, Anders Hammerich ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Internal medicine; International classification of diseases

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METASTASIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOM; ULCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CODING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906938391     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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