The disease pattern of elderly medical patients in a teaching hospital in Nigeria

In a study of the disease pattern of the elderly in Nigeria, a sample consisting of 352 patients aged 60 years' and above hospitalised between January 1995 and December 1996 at the Medical Wards of a major Teaching Hospital were reviewed retrospectively. The problems most frequently encountered...

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Main Author: C N Obionu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1998-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medicine and Health Development
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Online Access:http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=1998;volume=3;issue=2;spage=91;epage=94;aulast=Obionu;type=0