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| Reasons for hospital admission in New Zealand's oldest old | | Author(s) | T J Wilkinson |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 18, no 2, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 93-97 |
| Keywords | Admission [hospitals] ; Over 70s ; Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Centenarians ; Social surveys ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | Studies describing hospitalisation patterns among the oldest old have rarely been undertaken, and there have been none in the UK, Australia or New Zealand. In this study, a descriptive survey of all hospital admissions in New Zealand over 12 months was conducted to determine the main causes of morbidity in New Zealand's oldest old, as measured by those conditions requiring hospital admission; the types of conditions which show continued increases in hospital admission or bed occupancy rates with age; and the types of conditions which have lower admission or occupancy rates among the oldest-old group compared with the younger-old group. Findings showed that bed occupancy rates increased with age. Hospital admission rates increased with age but declined for people aged 100 years and over. Stroke, cognitive/mood disorders, fractures and arthritis were significant causes of morbidity among the oldest old. The rates of hospital admission due to fractures, accidents, and stroke peaked for people aged 90-99 years but was less common in centenarians. Less specific presentations of disease occurred in the older populations. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990716218 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKH: BBK: BBM: BBR: BBT: 3F: 7YN |
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