Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the acute care hospital and in the ambulatory setting;Multidimensionales geriatrisches assessment im akutspital und in der ambulanten praxis

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 43, 1997, Pages 1781-1788

  Stuck, A E ^a  

^a Chefarzt II   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030662633     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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