Can frailty predict complicated care needs and length of stay?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 800-805

  Rose, M ^a   Pan, H ^b   Levinson, M R ^a   Staples, M ^a  

^a CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge destination; Frailty; Length of hospital stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCHARGE DESTINATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPORTED EDMONTON FRAIL SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905192701     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12502     Document Type: Article

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