Social and health characteristics of elderly patients with chronic and/or terminal diseases (PALET profile) attended in a short stay medical unit;Estudio sociosanitario del paciente anciano con perfil de larga estancia y terminal atendido en una unidad médica de corta estancia

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 327-333

  Andreu Ballester, Juan Carlos ^a   Almela Quilis, Amadeo ^a   Ballester, Ferran ^b   Colomer Rubio, Enrique ^a   Marín Tena, Enrique ^a   Peiró Gómez, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health and social resources; PALET profile; Short stay medical unit; The elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 33846027893     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(06)72984-5     Document Type: Article

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