Predictors of Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Comparison of Israeli and Italian Geriatric Post-Acute Care (PAC) Facilities Using the Minimum Data Set (MDS)

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-242

  Gindin, Jacob ^a,b   Walter Ginzburg, Adrian ^a   Geitzen, Moshe ^b   Epstein, Shulamit ^a   Levi, Shmuel ^b   Landi, Francisco ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^c  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Harzfeld Geriatric Hospital   (Israel)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

geriatric rehabilitation; Israel; Italy; MDS; postacute care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247866522     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.032     Document Type: Article

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