Hospitalisation of the elderly during the last year of life: an application of record linkage in Western Australia 1985-1994

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To measure the trend, pattern, and cost of time spent in hospital during the last year of life in Western Australia and to identify trends in the place of death. The results were compared with those reported from the Oxford Record Linkage Study. DESIGN: Mortality records for those a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 1998-11, Vol.52 (11), p.740-744
Hauptverfasser:	Brameld, K J, Holman, C D, Bass, A J, Codde, J P, Rouse, I L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age groups Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cause of Death Death Female General aspects Health Services for the Aged - statistics & numerical data Hospital admissions Hospital beds Hospital Costs Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization - trends Humans Length of stay Length of Stay - trends Life expectancy Male Medical sciences Morbidity Mortality Older adults Palliative care Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Records linkage United Kingdom Western Australia
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