Influence of socioeconomic factors on hospital readmissions for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction in patients 65 years and older: Evidence from a systematic review

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 237-245

  Damiani, Gianfranco ^a   Salvatori, Eleonora ^a   Silvestrini, Giulia ^a   Ivanova, Ivana ^b   Bojovic, Luka ^c   Iodice, Lanfranco ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease (CVD); Chronic conditions; Disparities; Older patients; Re hospitalization; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921319000     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S71165     Document Type: Review

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