Appropriateness of hospital use: Comparison between elderly patients' point of view and a structured questionnaire [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-684

  Luthy, Christophe ^a   Cedraschi, Christine ^a   Herrmann, François ^b   Kossovsky, Michel ^a   Perrin, Eliane ^a   Chopard, Pierre ^a   Michel, Jean pierre ^b   Allaz, Anne Françoise ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 37149015675     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm086     Document Type: Letter

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