Evaluation design of a reactivation care program to prevent functional loss in hospitalised elderly: A cohort study including a randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Asmus Szepesi, Kirsten Je ^a   De Vreede, Paul L ^a   Nieboer, Anna P ^b   Van Wijngaarden, Jeroen Dh ^b   Bakker, Ton Jem ^c   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ARGOS Zorggroep   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79960975840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-36     Document Type: Article

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