Screening for risk of unplanned readmission in older patients admitted to hospital: Predictive accuracy of three instruments

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-351

  Braes, Tom ^a,b,c   Moons, Philip ^a   Lipkens, Piet ^d   Sterckx, Wendy ^b   Sabbe, Marc ^b   Flamaing, Johan ^b   Boonen, Steven ^b   Milisen, Koen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HICT   (Belgium)

^d Nursing Home Sint Anna   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Geriatric; Patient readmission; Unplanned readmission

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIORS AT RISK; INSTRUMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE RISK SCREENING TOOL; VARIABLE INDICATIVE OF PLACEMENT RISK;

EID: 78751692904     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324938     Document Type: Article

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