Does socioeconomic status affect mortality subsequent to hospital admission for community acquired pneumonia among older persons?

BACKGROUND: Low socioeconomic status has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality for various health conditions. The purpose of this study was twofold: to examine the mortality experience of older persons admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia and to test the hypothesis...

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Autores principales: Vrbova, Linda, Mamdani, Muhammad, Moineddin, Rahim, Jaakimainen, Liisa, Upshur, Ross EG
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1090611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15819975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-4-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1090611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15819975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-4-4

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