Interruptions to rehabilitation in a geriatric rehabilitation unit: Associated factors and consequences

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-349

  Mas, M A ^a   Renom, A ^a   Vazquez, O ^a   Miralles, R ^a   Bayer, A J ^b   Cervera, A M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CONFUSION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTEES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449174918     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp010     Document Type: Letter

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