Hospitalizations among older adults: results from ELSI-Brazil

• Main Authors: Alexandre Moreira de Melo-Silva (Author), Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini (Author), Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior (Author), Fabíola Bof de Andrade (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine the factors associated with hospital use and their frequency in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS Data from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, were...