Factors related to care home admission in the year following hospitalisation in frail older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-516

  Heppenstall, Claire Patricia ^a   Wilkinson, Tim J ^a,b   Hanger, Hugh Carl ^b   Keeling, Sally ^a   Pearson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959547889     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr045     Document Type: Letter

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