Minimum data set for home care: A valid instrument to assess frail older people living in the community

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1184-1190

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Tua, Ennio ^d   Onder, Graziano ^a   Carrara, Benigno ^d   Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Rinaldi, Carmela ^d   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Databases; Elderly; Home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY;

EID: 0034573999     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200012000-00005     Document Type: Article

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