Predicting risk of hospitalisation or death: A retrospective population-based analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Louis, Daniel Z ^a   Robeson, Mary ^a   McAna, John ^b   Maio, Vittorio ^b   Keith, Scott W ^a   Liu, Mengdan ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a   Grilli, Roberto ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; FORECASTING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907193668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005223     Document Type: Article

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