Rates of hospitalisations and mortality of older adults admitted with burn injuries in Western Australia from 1983 to 2008

Rates of hospitalisations and mortality of older adults admitted with burn injuries in Western Australia from 1983 to 2008

Aim: To estimate temporal trends in burn injury hospitalisations, mortality and hospital stay, for older adults with a burn-related hospitalisation. Methods: De-identified data of all incident burn hospitalisations for adults 60 years and older in Western Australia from 1983–2008 were analysed. Pois...

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Main Authors: Duke, Janine, Wood, Fiona, Semmens, James, Edgar, D., Spilsbury, Katrina, Willis, A., Hendrie, Delia, Rea, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2011
Subjects:
mortality
epidemiology
burn
hospitalisation
aged
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17912

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17912

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