Geriatric rehabilitation as an integral part of geriatric medicine in the Nordic countries

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Jónsson, Ársœll ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^b   Scholl, Marianne ^c   Hansen, Finn Rønholt ^c   Saarela, Mika ^d   Nygaard, Harald ^e   Laake, Knut ^f   Jónsson, Palmi V ^a   Valvanne, Jaoako ^d   Dehlin, Ove ^g  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DISABILITY; DYSPHONIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ICELAND; REHABILITATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 10744230041     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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