Characteristics of multiple-diseased elderly in Swedish hospital care and clinical guidelines: Do they make evidence-based priority setting a "mission impossible"?

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-95

  Ekerstad, Niklas ^a   Edberg, Annika ^b   Carlsson, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageism; Cardiovascular disease; Comorbidity; Elderly; Evidence based guidelines; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649210368     PISSN: 16528670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.083271     Document Type: Article

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