Difficult hospital discharges in internal medicine wards

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-99

  Nardi, R ^a,c   Scanelli, G ^b   Tragnone, A ^a   Lolli, A ^a   Kalfus, P ^a   Baldini, A ^a   Ghedini, T ^a   Bombarda, S ^a   Fiadino, L ^a   Di Ciommo, S ^a  

^a Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale G Dossetti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complexity; Comprehensive multidimensional assessment; Difficult hospital discharge; Elderly; Shared care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34547195695     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-007-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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