1977
DOI: 10.1136/jech.31.3.192
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Marital status and hospital use.

Abstract: SUMMARY Published data from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (1973) are used to examine the relationship between hospital use and marital state. Non-married men and women are shown to have higher discharge rates and longer mean durations of stay than married patients in the corresponding age groups, and to account, on average, for about 24 000 additional beds each day in non-psychiatric hospitals. Hospital Activity Analysis data from one region suggest that the higher rates of bed use by non-married patients a… Show more

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“…Our results revealed that elderly women have lower odds of hospitalization than the elderly men and similar patterns of hospitalizations were also observed in other countries like-England 39 , Norway 17,40 , Italy 41 , but countries like Denmark 42 , Finnland 40 , South Korea 43 and Brazil 44 have shown higher hospitalization among older women than older men. Interestingly, our study have showed that married elderly was found to be less likely to be hospitalized than unmarried, these finding are analogous to the other previous studies 11,35,[45][46][47][48] . Our study also confirmed that elderly living alone are more likely to be hospitalized than living with spouse or other than spouse and were also documented in other studies 35,[49][50][51][52][53] .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Our results revealed that elderly women have lower odds of hospitalization than the elderly men and similar patterns of hospitalizations were also observed in other countries like-England 39 , Norway 17,40 , Italy 41 , but countries like Denmark 42 , Finnland 40 , South Korea 43 and Brazil 44 have shown higher hospitalization among older women than older men. Interestingly, our study have showed that married elderly was found to be less likely to be hospitalized than unmarried, these finding are analogous to the other previous studies 11,35,[45][46][47][48] . Our study also confirmed that elderly living alone are more likely to be hospitalized than living with spouse or other than spouse and were also documented in other studies 35,[49][50][51][52][53] .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Our study showed that patients who were single or divorced revealed a higher risk of hospitalizations relative to those who were married. Consistently, previous studies from nonAF populations showed higher hospitalization rates for unmarried compared to married individuals 22,23 . These findings are in line with the notion that compared to those living alone (single, divorced), patients who have close relationships to others can rely on better social support, 24 while those with lacking support show increased needs for hospital care 25 …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…Less insightful medical decision making by unmarried patients may also play an important role. 27,28 Because the increased risk of partner abandonment when the woman is the affected partner remained consistent across the 3 diverse patient cohorts, we believe that these findings apply generally to patients with life-altering medical illness. Extrapolating from the primary brain tumor cohort that was studied in more detail, we recommend that medical providers be especially sensitive to early suggestions of marital discord in couples affected by the occurrence of a serious medical illness, especially when the woman is the affected spouse and it occurs early in the marriage.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%