Relationships of multimorbidity and income with hospital admissions in 3 health care systems

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-167

  Wang, Harry H X ^a,b   Wang, Jia Ji ^c   Lawson, Kenny D ^d   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Wong, Martin C S ^a   Li, Fang Jian ^c   Wang, Pei Xi ^c   Zhou, Zhi Heng ^c   Zhu, Chun Yan ^c   Yeong, Yao Qun ^b   Griffiths, Sian M ^a   Mercer, Stewart W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Crosscountry analysis; Health care system; Hospital admission; Multimorbidity; Population based study; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924333476     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1757     Document Type: Article

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