Hospitalization and emergency department visits among seniors receiving homecare: A pilot study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Smith, Andrew A ^a   Chan Carusone, Soo B ^a   Willison, Kathleen ^b   Babineau, Tamara J ^a   Smith, Stephanie D ^a   Abernathy, Tom ^a,c   Marrie, Tom ^d   Loeb, Mark ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Victorian Order of Nurses   (Canada)

^c Central West Health Planning Information Network   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23944447402     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-5-9     Document Type: Article

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