Nonmedical factors associated with prolonged hospital length of stay in an urban homebound population

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Foer, Dinah ^a,b   Ornstein, Katherine ^b   Soriano, Theresa A ^b   Kathuria, Navneet ^c   Dunn, Andrew ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84856677701     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.992     Document Type: Article

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