Functional status before and during acute hospitalization and readmission risk identification

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 636-641

  Tonkikh, Orly ^a   Shadmi, Efrat ^a,b   Flaks Manov, Natalie ^b   Hoshen, Moshe ^b   Balicer, Ran D ^b,c   Zisberg, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84985972786     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2595     Document Type: Article

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