Health Services for the Aged - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Barriers to adherence and hypertension control in a racially diverse representative sample of elderly primary care patients.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: To examine the effect of antihypertensive adherence on blood pressure and barriers to adherence in racially diverse elderly patients. METHODS: Telephone survey of a representative sample of 300 of all 3416 hypertensive patients aged >70 ... Read more...

Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective.

14 Jun 2009 Life expectancy has increased during recent decades leading to a growing number of older population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in octogenarians and to compare the outcomes of ... Read more...

Distal radial fracture treatment: what you get may depend on your age and address.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Distal radial fractures are common and confer a considerable financial burden on the health-care system; however, controversy surrounds the optimal treatment of these injuries. This study was performed to determine (1) the rate of distal ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Services for the Aged - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Barriers to adherence and hypertension control in a racially diverse representative sample of elderly primary care patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective. 14 Jun 2009
• Distal radial fracture treatment: what you get may depend on your age and address. 30 May 2009
• [Characterization of drugs prescribed to the elderly in the Family Health Strategy] 29 Apr 2009
• Mental health services in nursing homes: a survey of nursing home administrative personnel. 29 Apr 2009
• Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. 30 Mar 2009
• Discrepancies in reported drug use in geriatric outpatients: relevance to adverse events and drug-drug interactions. 30 Mar 2009
• [Is gender perspective on health of the elderly necessary?] 10 Mar 2009
• Functional trajectories during hospitalization: a prognostic sign for elderly patients. 4 Mar 2009
• [Nutritional status of Catalonia's elderly people with different health care needs] 27 Feb 2009
• A valid instrument for measuring informal care time for people with dementia. 27 Feb 2009
• [Screening for risk of hospitalization in the elderly: a study based on a single entry point in a health maintenance organization in Brazil] 27 Feb 2009
• Complementary medicine use among attendees at a rural health screening clinic. 18 Jan 2009
• Geriatric admissions in a developing country: experience from a tertiary centre in Nigeria. 30 Dec 2008
• Older women's perceptions of elder maltreatment and ethical dilemmas in adult protective services: a cross-cultural, exploratory study. 30 Dec 2008
• Nosocomial bacteremia: impact of empirical antimicrobial treatment on the patients' outcome. 3 Dec 2008
• [On-call physicians in nursing homes] 2 Dec 2008
• Healthcare costs for people aged 65+ two years prior to their receiving long-term municipal care. 29 Nov 2008
• [Knowledge production in nursing: the (in)visibility of the attention to the health of the elderly] 29 Nov 2008
• Validation study of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) in Portugal. 18 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Health Services for the Aged'

Definition: Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the aged and the maintenance of health in the elderly.

Descriptor UI: D006299

Alternative terms: Health Services for the Aged; Health Services for the Elderly; Health Services for Aged; Health Services, Geriatric; Geriatric Health Service; Health Service, Geriatric; Service, Geriatric Health; Services, Geriatric Health; Geriatric Health Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.320;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific serv (IM or NIM) if pertinent; check also tag AGED; DF: HEALTH SERV AGED