Geriatric assessment as predictors of hospital readmission in older adults with cancer

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 254-261

  Chiang, Leslie Y ^a   Liu, Jingxia ^a   Flood, Kellie L ^b   Carroll, Maria B ^a   Piccirillo, Jay F ^a   Stark, Susan ^a   Wang, Adam ^a   Wildes, Tanya M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Geriatric assessment; Readmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEEDING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; THORAX CANCER; MISSOURI; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938977378     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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