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Influence of age and sex on hospitalization of nursing home residents: A cross-sectional study from Germany

BACKGROUND: Nursing homes residents (NHR) are frequently transferred to hospitals. There is some evidence that male NHR are more often hospitalized than females, but the influence of age is less clear and predictors might differ between sexes. Analyses according to age groups between males and femal...

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Autores principales: Hoffmann, Falk, Schmiemann, Guido
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2008-7