Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment in general practice: Results from the 'Senta Pua' project in Brazil

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-27

  Lucchetti, Giancarlo ^a,b,c   Granero, Alessandra L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Interdisciplinar Center for Research and Assistance on Aging   (Brazil)

^c São Paulo Air Force Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aged; general practice; Geriatric assessment; geriatrics

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING ACUITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KATZ INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; URINE INCONTINENCE; VACCINATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952015073     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2010.538674     Document Type: Article

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