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High rates of hospital admission among older residents in assisted living facilities: opportunities for intervention and impact on acute care

BACKGROUND: Little is known about health or service use outcomes for residents of Canadian assisted living facilities. Our objectives were to estimate the incidence of admission to hospital over 1 year for residents of designated (i.e., publicly funded) assisted living (DAL) facilities in Alberta, t...

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Autores principales: Hogan, David B, Amuah, Joseph E, Strain, Laurel A, Wodchis, Walter P, Soo, Andrea, Eliasziw, Misha, Gruneir, Andrea, Hagen, Brad, Teare, Gary, Maxwell, Colleen J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Medicine Publications, Inc 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25009683