Comparison of three tools predicting functional decline after hospitalization of older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1003-1005

  De Saint Hubert, Marie ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Boland, Benoît ^b   Swine, Christian ^a   Cornette, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION RISK PROFILE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIORS AT RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PROCEDURES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 77952157952     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02839.x     Document Type: Letter

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