Predicting outcome for older people in a hospital setting: Which scales are appropriate?

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Slade, Anita ^a   Fear, Jon ^b   Tennant, Alan ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds West Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment process; Continuing care; Nursing home admission; Outcome measures; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746279634     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2004.11.1.13405     Document Type: Article

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