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Recent findings from J. Gao and co-authors highlight research in life sciences

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, January 6th, 2008

A new study, 'Hospitalisation among the elderly in urban China,' is now available. "The aim of this study was to examine the trend of hospitalisation amongst the elderly in urban China and analyse the main socio-economic factors which are affecting the use of inpatient care. Data from the Chinese national household health interview surveys conducted in 1993, 1998 and 2003 were analysed," investigators in Beijing, People's Republic of China report.

"The following variables were selected: gender, health insurance coverage and household income. Elderly people with insurance are more likely to use inpatient services than those who were not insured. Elderly people in the low...

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