Geriatric assessment of elderly subjects consulting in a public primary care outpatient clinic;Evaluación geriátrica en la atención primaria

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 895-901

  Díaz T, Violeta ^a   Díaz T, Inés ^a   Rojas C, Graciela ^a   Novogrodsky R, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aged; Frail elderly; Health care surveys; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 12444297894     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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