The value of Comprehensive geriatric assessment

Care Management Journals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-8

  Scanlan, Brian C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Fall prevention; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric syndromes; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; META-ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29644436426     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.2005.6.1.2     Document Type: Article

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