Relationship between dementia and length of stay of general medical patients admitted to acute care

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-23

  King, Bellinda ^a   Jones, Catherine ^a   Brand, Caroline ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control studies and hospitalisation; Comorbidity; Dementia; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248610020     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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