Disclosure of new health problems and intervention planning using a geriatric assessment in a primary care setting

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 493-500

  Mueller, Christiane Annette ^a   Klaaßen Mielke, Renate ^b   Penner, Erika ^a   Junius Walker, Ulrike ^a   Hummers Pradier, Eva ^a   Theile, Gudrun ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING; THORAX PAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650594611     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.493     Document Type: Article

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