Rehabilitation of older patients: Day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 39, 2009, Pages

  Parker, S G ^a,b   Oliver, P ^c   Pennington, M ^d   Bond, J ^d   Jagger, C ^e   Enderby, P M ^c   Curless, R ^f   Chater, T ^c   Vanoli, A ^d,g,h   Fryer, K ^a   Cooper, C ^c   Julious, S ^c   Donaldson, C ^d   Dyer, C ⁱ   Wynn, T ^j   John, A ^a   Ross, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Heron Evidence Development Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY HOSPITAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 70449498866     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta13390     Document Type: Review

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