Open AccessShort-stay unit hospitalisation vs. standard care outcomes in older internal medicine patients—a randomised clinical trial
Author(s) -
Camilla Strøm,
Lars S. Rasmussen,
Anne-Sophie Löwe,
Anne Kathrine Lorentzen,
Nicolai Lohse,
Kim Hvid Benn Madsen,
Søren Wistisen Rasmussen,
Thomas Schmidt
Publication year - 2018
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/afy090
Subject(s) - medicine , hospital medicine , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , emergency medicine , physical therapy
he effect of hospitalisation in emergency department-based short-stay units (SSUs) has not been studied in older patients. We compared SSU hospitalisation with standard care at an Internal Medicine Department (IMD) in acutely admitted older internal medicine patients.
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