Two recruitment strategies for a clinical trial of physically frail community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1039-1045

  Gill, Thomas M ^a,b   McGloin, Joanne M ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Shepard, Denise M ^b   Bianco, Luann M ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Frail older people; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONNECTICUT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0034869303     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49206.x     Document Type: Article

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