Using admission characteristics to predict return to the community from a post-acute geriatric evaluation and management unit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1100-1104

  Naughton, Bruce J ^a,b,c   Saltzman, Susan ^b   Priore, Roger ^a   Reedy, Karen ^b   Mylotte, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CGF Health System   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative Illness Rating Scale; Discharge outcomes; GEM; Nursing Severity Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032851965     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05234.x     Document Type: Article

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