A Risk Index for Geriatric Acute Medical Admissions (RIGAMA)

Acute Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-11

  Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a   O'Dwyer, C ^a   Byrne, D ^a   O'Riordan, D ^a   Silke, B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Mortality; Older people; Patient admission; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RISK INDEX FOR GERIATRIC ACUTE MEDICAL ADMISSIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84896917483     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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