Short-term geriatric assessment units: 30 years later

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Latour, Judith ^a,b   Lebel, Paule ^a   Leclerc, Bernard Simon ^a,c   Leduc, Nicole ^d   Berg, Katherine ^e   Bolduc, Aline ^a   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Agence de la Sante et des Services Sociaux de Lanaudiere   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953674910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-41     Document Type: Article

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