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Reducing hospital admissions from nursing homes: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: The geriatric nursing home population is vulnerable to acute and deteriorating illness due to advanced age, multiple chronic illnesses and high levels of dependency. Although the detriments of hospitalising the frail and old are widely recognised, hospital admissions from nursing homes r...

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Autores principales: Graverholt, Birgitte, Forsetlund, Louise, Jamtvedt, Gro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3906881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-36