Transitions from hospital to residential aged care in Australia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Karmel, Rosemary ^a   Gibson, Diane ^a   Lloyd, Jonas ^a   Anderson, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Health services for the aged; Hospital; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE;

EID: 70450227427     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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