Determinants of admission to nursing homes in elderly inpatients;Factores que determinan la derivación a centros sociosanitarios o residencias geriátricas de pacientes ancianos hospitalizados en unidades geriátricas de agudos

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-370

  Cabré, Mateu ^a   Serra Prat, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Investigatión   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Ageing; Falls; Immobilisation; Institutionalisation; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSING HOME; PLANNING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 9644275746     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0211-139x(04)74989-6     Document Type: Article

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