Reducing avoidable hospital admission in older people: Health status, frailty and predicting risk of ill-defined conditions diagnoses in older people admitted with collapse

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-176

  Hunt, Katherine ^a   Walsh, Bronagh ^a   Voegeli, David ^a   Roberts, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidable hospital admission; Collapse; Frailty; Ill defined conditions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878656260     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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