Measuring the burden and mortality of hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional analysis of the English Hospital Episodes Statistics database 2009-2013.

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Abstract

Patients with Parkinson's disease have higher hospital admission rates than the general population. We examined the reasons for admission, length of stay, costs, and in-hospital mortality in a national sample of Parkinson's disease patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Parkinsonism Relat. Disord.

Title: Parkinsonism & related disorders

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-5126

ISSN (Print): 1353-8020

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 21

Issue: 5

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[1 ] UCB Pharma Ltd, 208 Bath Road, Slough SL1 3WE, UK.

[2 ] School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.

[3 ] Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK; Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.

[4 ] School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medicine and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Department of Neurology, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK. Electronic address: carlclarke@nhs.net.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S1353-8020(15)00052-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.01.017

PubMed ID: 25737205

SO-VID: 7cd3ee16-a18c-405d-a819-5c0f4c1caf9a

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Keywords: Health economics,Hospitalisation,Mortality,Parkinson's disease

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Keywords: Health economics, Hospitalisation, Mortality, Parkinson's disease

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