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A systematic literature review of factors affecting outcome in older medical patients admitted to hospital

Author(s) -

Susan Campbell,

D. Gwyn Seymour,

Willie R. Primrose

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afh036

Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , cinahl , comorbidity , medline , cognition , geriatrics , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , psychological intervention , political science , law

The ACMEplus project aims to devise a standardised system for measuring case-mix and outcome in older patients admitted to hospitals in different parts of Europe for primarily 'medical' (i.e. not surgical or psychiatric) reasons. As a first step in this project, a systematic review was carried out to identify factors which had a significant influence on outcome in such patients.

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