Using a mailed survey to predict hospital admission among patients older than 80

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 689-692

  Freedman, John D ^a   Beck, Arne ^b   Robertson, Barbara ^b   Calonge, B Ned ^c   Gade, Glenn ^c  

^a East Boston Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

^b Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029932938     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01833.x     Document Type: Article

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