Rehospitalization and transfers to nursing facilities in elderly patients after hip fracture surgery [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1443-1445

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Lucchi, Elena ^a,b   Magnifico, Francesca ^b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,c  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; ENDOPROSTHESIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MALE; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 25144471612     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53433_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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