Predictors of discharge destination for 234 patients admitted to a combined geriatric medicine/old age psychiatry unit

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 903-908

  Astell, Arlene J ^a,b   Clark, Stella A ^a   Hartley, Nicholas T ^a  

^a Cameron Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute setting; Complex needs; Discharge destination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 52649123335     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2002     Document Type: Article

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