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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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Main Authors: Graverholt, Birgitte, Forsetlund, Louise, Jamtvedt, Gro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3906881/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456561
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-36
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