Characteristics and outcomes of ninth and tenth decade patients hospitalzed in a sub-acute geriatric hospital

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 635-638

  Yust Katz, Shlomit ^a   Katz Leurer, Michal ^b   Katz, Lior ^a   OLerman, Yaffa ^b,c   Slutzki, Katia ^c   Ohry, Avi ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continence; Function; Hospitalization; Morality; Nonoctagenarians; Octagenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27144483894     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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