Geriatric admissions in a developing country: Experience from a tertiary centre in Nigeria

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-362

  Onwuchekwa, Arthur C ^a   Asekomeh, E God'spower ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Geriatric admissions; Nigeria; Tertiary centre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349759779     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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