Transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting a long term care bed: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7525, 2005, Pages 1110-1113

  Crotty, Maria ^a   Whitehead, Craig H ^a   Wundke, Rachel ^a   Giles, Lynne C ^a   Ben Tovim, David ^b   Phillips, Paddy A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 27744566951     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38638.441933.63     Document Type: Article

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