A preliminary study of the hospital-admitted older patients in a Sri Lankan tertiary care hospital

Ceylon Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-19

  Weerasuriya, N ^a   Jayasinghe, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SRI LANKA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; SRI LANKA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 20644467031     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i1.1584     Document Type: Article

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