Hospital-associated functional decline: the role of hospitalization processes beyond individual risk factors.

Zisberg, Anna; Shadmi, Efrat; Gur-Yaish, Nurit; Tonkikh, Orly; Sinoff, Gary

doi:10.1111/jgs.13193

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Hospital-associated functional decline: the role of hospitalization processes beyond individual risk factors.

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Authors:

Anna Zisberg

Efrat Shadmi

Nurit Gur-Yaish

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the combined contribution of processes of hospitalization and preadmission individual risk factors in explaining functional decline at discharge and at 1-month follow-up in older adults with nondisabling conditions. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Internal medic...

Subject

activities of daily living

functional decline

hospitalization

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