Admissions to elderly care institutions in the United Kingdom

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Beringer, Timothy R O ^a   Crawford, Vivienne L S ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0842308194     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259803013194     Document Type: Review

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