articleJournal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJan 1, 2015Closed access

Hospital‐Associated Functional Decline: The Role of Hospitalization Processes Beyond Individual Risk Factors

AZAnna ZisbergESEfrat ShadmiNGNurit Gur‐YaishOTOrly TonkikhGSGary Sinoff

Carmel (Israel) · University of Haifa

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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.

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Hospital discharge
  • Prospective cohort study
  • Gerontology
  • Cohort study
  • Physical therapy
  • Internal medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Zero hunger
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