Admission profile is predictive of outcome in acute hospital care

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-539

  Jónsson, Pálmi V ^a   Noro, Anja ^b   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^b   Jensdóttir, Anna B ^c   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^d,e   Bucht, Gösta ^f   Grue, Else V ^g   Björnson, Jan ^h   Jonsén, Elisabeth ⁱ   Schroll, Marianne ^j  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Soltun Nursing Home   (Iceland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Diakonhjemmet University College   (Norway)

^h DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Acute medical care; Functional status; Minimum Data Set; Older persons; Outcome; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DENMARK; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

EID: 60749098002     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324881     Document Type: Article

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