Discharging to a nursing home: Not a terminal event - A follow-up study of senior motor vehicle crash patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 815-819

  Aaland, Mary O ^a   Leffers, Kevin ^b   Hlaing, Thein ^a  

^a Parkview Hospital   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DRIVING ABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAR DRIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SPEECH; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERVIEWS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SPEECH;

EID: 33750140730     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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