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- Title
Cognitive screening predicts magnitude of functional recovery from admission to 3 months after discharge in hospitalized elders.
- Authors
Sands, Laura P; Yaffe, Kristine; Covinsky, Kenneth; Chren, Mary-Margaret; Counsell, Steven; Palmer, Robert; Fortinsky, Richard; Landefeld, C Seth
- Abstract
Many older adults lose functional ability during the course of acute illness and fail to recover function. We sought to determine whether performance on a cognitive screen at the time of hospital admission predicted the magnitude of functional recovery after hospitalization.
- Publication
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2003, Vol 58, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/58.1.m37