Direct Admission to Intermediate Care for Older Adults With Reactivated Chronic Diseases as an Alternative to Conventional Hospitalization

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 300-302

  Colprim, Daniel ^a,c   Martin, Remedios ^b   Parer, Maria ^b   Prieto, Judith ^a   Espinosa, Luis ^a   Inzitari, Marco ^a,c  

^a Pere Virgili Hospital   (Spain)

^b Equip d'Atenció Primària Vallcarca Sant Gervasi   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Direct admission; Extended care facilities; General practice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REHABILITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84878013631     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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