The Relationship between Self-Rated Health and Hospital Records

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 497-512

  Nielsen, Torben Heien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Charlson comorbidity; hospital records; justification bias; mortality; self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84959553181     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3167     Document Type: Article

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