Factors affecting the duration of admission and discharge in a palliative care center for geriatric patients;Geriatrik yaş grubunun palyatif bakim merkezindeki yatiş süresi ve taburculuğunda etkili faktörlerin incelenmesi

Turk Geriatri Dergisi

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 74-80

  Dinçer, Metin ^a   Kahveci, Kadriye ^a   Döğer, Cihan ^b   Gökçinar, Derya ^c   Karhan Yarici, Ayşe ^a   Taş, Huri ^d  

^a Ulus Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Kirikkale Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Home Health Nursing; Palliative Care; Patient Discharge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84973604745     PISSN: 13042947     EISSN: 13079948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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