Social deprivation and the rate of emergency medical admission for older persons

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 645-651

  Cournane, S ^a   Conway, R ^a   Byrne, D ^a   O'Riordan, D ^a   Coveney, S ^b   Silke, B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84996992987     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw029     Document Type: Article

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