Efficacy of early clinical evaluation in predicting direct home discharge of elderly patients after hospitalization in internal medicine

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-67

  Gambier, Nicolas ^a,b   Simoneau, Guy ^a,b   Bihry, Nicolas ^a,b   Delcey, Véronique ^a,b   Champion, Karine ^a,b   Sellier, Pierre ^a,b   Jarrin, Irène ^a,b   Bergmann, Jean François ^a,b   Mouly, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

direct home discharge; elderly patients; evaluating scale; prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB EXPERIENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856113286     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318242d74d     Document Type: Article

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