Orientation of elderly patients to a short stay unit in nursing home from an emergency center;Hebergement medico-social temporaire: Alternative a l'hospitalisation de personnes agees?

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-20

  Rey Bellet, Philippe ^a   David, Stéphane ^a   Gaille, Georgette ^b   Yersin, Bertrand ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Bur d'Orient Urgences M   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030624999     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01299574     Document Type: Article

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