Differences in all-cause hospitalisation by ethnic group: a data linkage cohort study of 4.62 million people in Scotland, 2001–2013

Public Health

Volumn 161, Issue , 2018, Pages 5-11

  Gruer, L D ^a   Millard, A D ^b   Williams, L J ^a   Bhopal, R S ^a   Katikireddi, S V ^c   Cezard G I ^d   Buchanan, D ^e   Douglas, A F ^a   Steiner, M F C ^f   Sheikh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data linkage cohort; Ethnic groups; Hospitalisation; Scotland

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BIRTHPLACE; CARIBBEAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRELAND; IRISH (CITIZEN); LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAKISTANI; SCOTLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047600893     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.04.010     Document Type: Article

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