Hospital care utilisation patterns among the elderly at referral hospitals in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alkhodary, Ahmed Abdelmajed, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Aniza Ismail,, Nur, Amrizal Muhammad, Suzana Shahar,, Mohammad, R., Poh, A., Madzhar, H., Abubakar, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22339/1/Hospital%20Care%20Utilisation%20Patterns%20among%20the.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22339/; https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/

The global human population is increasing, and this increase is more common among the elderly (people aged ≥60 years old and above). The elderly population is approaching 13% of the global population. Consequently, geriatric-related illnesses are expected to be more prevalent, exerting explicit pres...