Variability in vulnerability assessment of older people by individual general practitioners: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Drewes, Yvonne M ^a   Blom, Jeanet W ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a,b   Stijnen, Theo ^a   Den Elzen, Wendy P J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84915826519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108666     Document Type: Article

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