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Screening for older inpatients at risk for long length of stay: which clinical tool to use?

BACKGROUND: Screening for inpatients at risk for long length of stay (LOS) is the first step of an effective hospital care plan for older inpatients. This study aims, in older adults admitted to a geriatric acute care ward, to examine and compare the 6-item brief geriatric assessment (BGA) and the “...

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Autores principales: Beauchet, Olivier, Fung, Shek, Launay, Cyrille P., Cooper-Brown, Liam Anders, Afilalo, Jonathan, Herbert, Paul, Afilalo, Marc, Chabot, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1165-4