Objective: To examine the relationship between marital status, an important aspect of social support, and several hospital outcomes. (jamanetwork.com)
To examine the relationship between marital status, an important aspect of social support, and several hospital outcomes. (jamanetwork.com)
For this reason, the study avoids a basic problem in comparing hospital outcomes — that patients admitted to one hospital may be significantly less healthy, on average, than the patients admitted to another. (sciencedaily.com)