Use of the SF-36 to identify community dwelling rural elderly at risk for hospitalization

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-227

  Benjamin Coleman, Richardean ^a   Alexy, Betty ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033143705     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.1999.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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