Resource consumption in hospitalised, frail older patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 830-836

  Wong, Wei Chin ^a   Sahadevan, Suresh ^a   Ding, Yew Yoong ^a   Tan, Huei Nuo ^a   Chan, Siew Pang ^b,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Cost of hospitalisation; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 78650376411     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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