Comprehensive geriatric assessment in a hospital: Postacute care units;Valoración geriátrica en el hospital: Unidades de postagudos

Revista Multidisciplinar de Gerontologia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Miralles, Ramón ^a,b   Esperanza, Ascensión ^a   Vázquez, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE L ESPERANÇA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convalescence; Geriatric assessment; Health resources; Intermediate care; Postacute care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING HOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 18044395526     PISSN: 11390921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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