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Socioeconomic status and hospitalization in the very old: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status could affect the demand for hospital care. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of age, socioeconomic status and comorbidity on acute hospital admissions among elderly. METHODS: We retrospectively examined the discharge abstracts data of acute care hos...

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Autores principales: Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele, Ancona, Carla, Forastiere, Francesco, Belleudi, Valeria, Corsonello, Andrea, Perucci, Carlo A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1995210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-227