Development and validation of an instrument to predict probability of home discharge from a geriatric convalescence unit in Spain

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 252-257

  Miralles, Ramón ^a,b,c   Sabartés, Olga ^a   Ferrer, Montse ^a   Esperanza, Ascensión ^a   Llorach, Imma ^a   García Palleiro, Pedro ^a   Cervera, Antoni María ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Del Mar University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convalescence; Geriatrics; Home discharge; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0037322282     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51066.x     Document Type: Article

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