Complexity of care of hospitalized older adults and its relationship with sociodemographic characteristics and functional independence

Abstract Objectives: To investigate the relationship between the complexity of care of hospitalized older adults and sociodemographic and functional independence characteristics. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in the medical and surgical clinics of the...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Aparecida Ozello Gutierrez, Henrique Salmazo da Silva, Rosa Yuka Sato Chubaci, Caroline Ribeiro Borja-Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti) 2020-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232019000600210&tlng=en