Rates of acute care admissions for frail older people living with met versus unmet activity of daily living needs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Sands, Laura P ^a,b,h   Wang, Yun ^b,c   McCabe, George P ^b,c   Jennings, Kristofer ^c   Eng, Catherine ^d,f   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^e,f,g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d On Lok Senior Health Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL disability; Admissions; Unmet ADL needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645050699     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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