Improving care for patients with dysphagia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 587-593

  Rosenvinge, Sally K ^a   Starke, Ian D ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dysphagia; Dysphagia training; Elderly; Older people; Speech and language therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; DIET; DYSPHAGIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

EID: 28244439901     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi187     Document Type: Article

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