The association between types of regular primary care and hospitalization among people with and without multimorbidity: A household survey on 25,780 Chinese

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chung, Roger Y ^a   Mercer, Stewart W ^a,b   Yip, Benjamin H K ^a   Chan, Stephanie W C ^a   Lai, Francisco T T ^a   Wang, Harry H X ^a,c   Wong, Martin C S ^a   Wong, Carmen K M ^a   Sit, Regina W S ^a   Yeoh, Eng Kiong ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979073231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29758     Document Type: Article

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