Transferring nursing home residents to acute care hospital-to do or not to do, that is the question

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-305

  Wong, Roger Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77953352156     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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