A multicomponent approach to identify predictors of hospital outcomes in older in-patients: A multicentre, observational study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  De Buyser, Stefanie L ^a   Petrovic, Mirko ^a   Taes, Youri E ^a   Vetrano, Davide L ^b   Onder, Graziano ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84919915628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115413     Document Type: Article

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