Postdischarge geriatric assessment of hospitalized frail elderly patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-81

  Siu, Albert L ^a   Kravitz, Richard L ^d   Keeler, Emmett ^c   Hemmerling, Karen ^b   Kington, Raynard ^b   Davis, James W ^b   Mitchell, Anne ^b   Burton, Tanya M ^c   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Beers, Mark H ^b   Reuben, David B ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 9044234403     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.76     Document Type: Article

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