Loneliness and health care consumption among older people

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 435-443

  Taube, Elin ^a,b   Kristensson, Jimmie ^b,c   Sandberg, Magnus ^b,c   Midlöv, Patrik ^a   Jakobsson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Frail; Health complaints; Health related quality of life; Inpatient care; Outpatient care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84939469387     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12147     Document Type: Article

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