The Association of Frailty with Discharge Disposition for Hospitalized Community Dwelling Elderly Patients.
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SUBMITTER: Ramdass SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001290 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
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The Association of Frailty with Discharge Disposition for Hospitalized Community Dwelling Elderly Patients.
Ramdass Sheryl K SK Brennan Maura J MJ Starr Rebecca R Lindenauer Peter K PK Liu Xiaoxia X Pekow Penelope P Stefan Mihaela S MS
Journal of hospital medicine 20171206 3
<h4>Background</h4><h4>Objective</h4><h4>Design, setting, patients</h4><h4>Intervention</h4><h4>Measurements</h4><h4>Conclusions</h4> ...[more]
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