Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.

This study examined the mortality in the elderly during 243 respite hospital admissions. Sixty-four dependent elderly patients entered a regular respite care scheme and were admitted to hospital for a period of 4 weeks out of every 12 weeks. The mortality rate in hospital was one death per 976 days,...

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Autores principales: McCaffrey, P. M., Gilmore, D. H., Beringer, T. R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ulster Medical Society 1989
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2603260
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author McCaffrey, P. M.
Gilmore, D. H.
Beringer, T. R.
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description This study examined the mortality in the elderly during 243 respite hospital admissions. Sixty-four dependent elderly patients entered a regular respite care scheme and were admitted to hospital for a period of 4 weeks out of every 12 weeks. The mortality rate in hospital was one death per 976 days, in comparison to one death per 1296 days at home. This small increase in mortality should not deprive patients and their carers from access to respite care.
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spelling pubmed-24482192008-07-10 Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care. McCaffrey, P. M. Gilmore, D. H. Beringer, T. R. Ulster Med J Research Article This study examined the mortality in the elderly during 243 respite hospital admissions. Sixty-four dependent elderly patients entered a regular respite care scheme and were admitted to hospital for a period of 4 weeks out of every 12 weeks. The mortality rate in hospital was one death per 976 days, in comparison to one death per 1296 days at home. This small increase in mortality should not deprive patients and their carers from access to respite care. Ulster Medical Society 1989-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2448219/ /pubmed/2603260 Text en
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Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
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title_full Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
title_fullStr Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
title_full_unstemmed Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
title_short Mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
title_sort mortality in the elderly during respite hospital care.
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