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Age and sex differences in hospitalisation of nursing home residents: a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: Nursing home residents (NHRs) are frequently suffering from multimorbidity, functional and cognitive impairment, often leading to hospital admissions. Studies have found that male NHRs are more often hospitalised. The influence of age is inconclusive. We aimed to investigate the epidemio...

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Autores principales: Hoffmann, Falk, Allers, Katharina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27855090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011912