"N-active": A new comanaged, orthogeriatric ward: Observations and prospects;"N-Aktiv": eine neue alterstraumatologische Station: Beobachtungen und Ausblicke

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 368-374

  Singler, K ^a,b   Biber, R ^a   Wicklein, S ^a,b   Heppner, H J ^a,b   Sieber, C C ^a,b   Bail, H J ^a  

^a Nuremberg Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case management; Geriatric assessment; Gerontology; Hip fractures; Orthogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83255164135     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-011-0250-x     Document Type: Article

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