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Direct linkKozyrskyj, Anita; Black, Charlyn; Chateau, Dan; Steinbach, Carmen – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2005
Hospitalization is a sentinel event that leads to loss of independence for many seniors. This study of long-stay hospitalizations (more than 30 days) in seniors was undertaken to identify risk factors for not going home, to characterize patients with risk factors who did go home and to describe one year outcomes following home discharge. Using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Risk, Nursing Homes
