Treatment intensity and outcome of patients aged 80 and older in intensive care units: a multicenter matched-cohort study
Article Abstract:
A study on the care and treatment received by the older patients in intensive care units is presented. It is observed that if the severities of illnesses are taken into account, the older people receive less care when compared to the younger people.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Services information, HEALTH SERVICES, Ambulatory Health Care Services, Youth, Therapeutic Procedures, Services, Therapeutics, Teenagers, Comparative analysis, Homeopathy, Intensive care units
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Evaluating immediate and long - range effect of a geriatric clerkship using reflections and ratings from participants as students and as residents
Article Abstract:
A study on the evaluation of a mandatory geriatric clerkship program that was newly initiated from the perspective of students, who have taken the program, is presented.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Science & research, Research, Evaluation, Educational programs, American students
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Subjects list: Care and treatment, Aged, Elderly, United States
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