## Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the principal discharge diagnosis and related comorbidity in hospitalized older patients affected by dementia. ## Methods Data from 51,838 consecutive computerized discharge records of the St. Anna University Hospital (Ferrara, Italy) were an
Older patients and delayed discharge from hospital
β Scribed by Christina R. Victor; Judith Healy; Anna Thomas; John Seargeant
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0966-0410
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