Geriatric assessment in internal medicine departments;Volaración geriátrica en los servicios de medicina interna

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 295-297

  San Jose Laporte A ^a   Vilardell Tarres M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; NOTE; STATISTICS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

EID: 3142664157     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13062266     Document Type: Editorial

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