Risk of respiratory hospitalization and death, readmission and subsequent mortality: Scottish health and ethnicity linkage study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 769-774

  Bhopal, Raj ^a   Steiner, Markus F C ^b   Cezard, Genevieve ^a   Bansal, Narinder ^a,c   Fischbacher, Colin ^a,d   Simpson, Colin R ^a   Douglas, Anne ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943534636     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv064     Document Type: Article

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