The determinants of successful in-hospital rehabilitation in people aged 90 years and older

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-120

  Elphick, Heather L ^a,b   Mankad, Kshitij ^a   Madan, Suvira ^a   Parker, Chris ^a   Liddle, Barbara J ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonagenarians; Oldest old; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847119350     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098414     Document Type: Article

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