Factors affecting institutionalization in older Hong Kong Chinese patients after recovery from acute medical illnesses

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Luk, James Ka Hay ^a   Chiu, Patrick Ka Chun ^a   Chu, Leung Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly Chinese patients; Medical illnesses; Predictors of institutionalization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CATHETERIZATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, CONVALESCENT; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649718295     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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