Geriatric targeting criteria as predictors of survival and health care utilization

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 914-921

  Satish, Shiva ^a,d   Winograd, Carol Hutner ^b   Chavez, Catherine ^c   Bloch, Daniel A ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029844497     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01860.x     Document Type: Article

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