Measuring results in acute care for the elderly units. A systematic review;Resultados asistenciales de las unidades geriátricas de agudos. Revisión sistemática

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-250

  González Montalvo, Juan I ^a   Baztán Cortés, Juan J ^b   Alarcón Alarcón, Teresa ^a   Bárcena Álvarez, Almudena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute care for the elderly; Geriatrics; Health services for the aged; Hospital units; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PUBLICATION; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 34548799657     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(07)73557-6     Document Type: Article

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