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Mortality rates of patients admitted to a psychogeriatric assessment unit.

Admission of elderly people to a geriatric hospital may carry an increased risk of death. In this study 355 admissions of 243 elderly persons with dementia to a purpose built psychogeriatric unit were studied and the mortality rate found to be 8.2%, which is less than that reported elsewhere. Admiss...

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Autores principales: Patterson, T., Compton, S. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ulster Medical Society 1989
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2603261