Population-based multidimensional assessment of older people in UK general practice: A cluster-randomised factorial trial

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9446, 2004, Pages 1667-1677

  Fletcher, Prof Astrid E ^a   Price, Gill M ^a   Ng, Edmond S W ^a   Stirling, Susan L ^a   Bulpitt, Prof Christopher J ^b   Breeze, Elizabeth ^a   Nunes, Maria ^b   Jones, Dee A ^c   Latif, Amina ^c   Fasey, Nicola M ^d   Vickers, Madge R ^d   Tulloch, Alistair J ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Stephenson House   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 7644237826     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17353-4     Document Type: Article

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