Natural history of functional decline 1 year after hospital discharge in nonagenarian patients [1]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1040-1041

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Mascaró, Jordi ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^a   Lopez Soto, Alfonso ^b   Masanés, Ferrán ^b   Sacanella, Emilio ^b  

^a UADG Manso   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037810657     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51323.x     Document Type: Letter

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