A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of a Geriatric Consultation Team: Compliance With Recommendations

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 255, Issue 19, 1986, Pages 2617-2621

  Allen, Cathy M ^a,b   Becker, Peter M ^a,b,c   McVey, Laura J ^a,b   Saltz, Constance ^a,b   Feussner, John R ^b   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THERAPY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84944285830     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03370190101032     Document Type: Article

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