Standardizing assessment of elderly people in acute care: The interRAI Acute Care instrument

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-541

  Gray, Len C ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^b,c   Berg, Katherine ^d   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^e   Fries, Brant E ^f,g   Hirdes, John P ^h,i   Jónsson, Pálmi V ^j,k   Morris, John N ^l   Steel, Knight ^m,n   Ariño Blasco, Sergio ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h HOMEWOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^j LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^l Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^m HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ Institute for Incentives in Health Care   (United States)

^o HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Acute care; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Elderly; Electronic medical records; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERRAI ACUTE CARE INSTRUMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40149100616     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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