Hospital services for acute care of elderly people;Modelos de serviços hospitalares para casos agudos em idosos

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 666-671

  Coelho Filho, João Macedo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Geriatrics; Health services for the elderly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034574165     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102000000600017     Document Type: Article

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