The Hospital Dementia Services Project: Age differences in hospital stays for older people with and without dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1649-1658

  Draper, Brian ^a   Karmel, Rosemary ^b   Gibson, Diane ^c   Peut, Ann ^b   Anderson, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

age effects; dementia; hospitalization; length of stay; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 80455154994     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001694     Document Type: Article

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