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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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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 |