Older patients' first 72 hours in hospital

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Lyytinen, Hannele ^a   Liippo, Tiina ^b   Routasalo, Pirkko ^a   Arve, Seija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Admission; Elderly; Geriatric ward; Hospital care; Patient

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036675829     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.2002.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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