Hospital treatment in residential care facilities is a viable alternative to hospital admission for selected patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 378-383

  Lau, Liza ^a   Chong, Carol P ^a   Lim, Wen Kwang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Hospital in the home; Nursing home; Palliative care; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED CARE UNIT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875760712     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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