title: Psychiatric admissions of the elderly.
abstract: In 1955 Ole J. Rafaelsen performed an analysis of the admissions of elderly patients to the Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital during the preceding decade. On the basis of nation-wide statistics the changing role since then of the elderly in the Danish psychiatric hospital system is described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strömgren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003718:Denmark; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010343:Patient Admission