Older persons’ preferences for site of treatment in acute illness
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 13 (8) , 522-527
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00162.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore how older persons form preferences for site of medical care by examining their perceptions of home care and hospitalKeywords
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