Caregiver's needs as predictors of hospital readmission for the elderly in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1395-1403

  Lotus Shyu, Yea Ing ^a   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Lee, Hsiao Chin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discharge transition; Elderly persons; Needs of caregiver; Predictors; Rehospitalization; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; TAIWAN; WARD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0842305122     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00334-4     Document Type: Article

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