Characteristics and predictors for hospitalizations of home-dwelling older persons receiving community care: a cohort study from Norway

Abstract Background Older persons are substantial consumers of both hospital- and community care, and there are discussions regarding the potential for preventing hospitalizations through high quality community care. The present study report prevalence and factors associated with admissions to hospi...

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Main Authors: Martha Therese Gjestsen, Kolbjørn Brønnick, Ingelin Testad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0887-z