A university-affiliated community hospital inpatient geriatrics program functioning in an administrative and educational capacity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Cefalu, Charles A ^a   Colbourne, George ^b   Duffy, Maureen ^b   Johnson, Ernest ^b   Lestter, Mary ^b   Wright, Jeff ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Providence Hospital Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031059264     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00953.x     Document Type: Article

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