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Does Case-Finding for Admission to Aged Care Rapid Investigation and Assessment Unit for Older Patients Improve Hospital Length of Stay? Evaluation of ARIA Unit Cover

Does Case-Finding for Admission to Aged Care Rapid Investigation and Assessment Unit for Older Patients Improve Hospital Length of Stay? Evaluation of ARIA Unit

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 23 (2023): Issue 4
By: Sundhar R. Balu,  Angela Khoo,  Carol Lu Hunter and  Danielle Ní Chróinín  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7038 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 10, 2022
Accepted on: Sep 26, 2023
Published on: Oct 16, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
admission length,
emergency geriatrics,
representation

© 2023 Sundhar R. Balu, Angela Khoo, Carol Lu Hunter, Danielle Ní Chróinín, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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