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Early rehospitalizations of frail elderly patients – the role of medications: a clinical, prospective, observational trial

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Early readmissions of frail elderly patients after an episode of hospital care are common and constitute a crucial patient safety outcome. Our purpose was to study the impact of medications on such early rehospitalizations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a clinical, prospect...

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Autores principales: Ekerstad, Niklas, Bylin, Kristoffer, Karlson, Björn W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28860862
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S139237