An Approach to ‘The Social Admission’
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social admission to hospitals, social admission, admitting patients social attention,
Abstract
Although the ‘social admission’ is no doubt a familiar occurrence for most general internists and physicians who work in hospital-based practice, it is difficult to say exactly how common such admissions to hospital are, or what percentage of older people admitted to hospital are seen in this light. Nevertheless, this is frequent enough to merit attention to underlying causes and contributing factors; this is the aim of the current article.
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3. Hogan DB, MacKnight C, and Bergman H, Models, definitions, and criteria of frailty. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2003. 15(3 Suppl): p. 1-29.
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6. Rockwood K, What would make a definition of frailty successful? Age Ageing, 2005. 34(5): p. 432-4.
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10. Kee YY and Rippingale C, The prevalence and characteristic of patients with ‘acopia’. Age Ageing, 2009. 38(1): p. 103-5.
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13. Elmstahl S and Wahlfrid C, Increased medical attention needed for frail elderly initially admitted to the emergency department for lack of community support. Aging (Milano), 1999. 11(1): p. 56-60.
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Andrew MD, PhD MK, Powell, MB, FRCP C. An Approach to ‘The Social Admission’. Can Journ Gen Int Med [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 19 [cited 2023 Dec. 6];10(4). Available from: https://cjgim.ca/index.php/csim/article/view/80
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