JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 335-341 , June 2009

Predictors of Rehabilitation Outcome Among Frail Elderly Patients Living in the Community

  • Domenico Fusco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Giovanni B. Bochicchio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology, ASL 1, Venosa (PZ), Potenza, Italy
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  • Graziano Onder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Christian Barillaro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Roberto Bernabei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Francesco Landi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Francesco Landi, MD, PhD, Centro di Medicina dell'Invecchiamento (CE.M.I.), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8 00168 Rome, Italy.
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  • The SILVERNET-HC Study Group of Basilicata Region

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 This study was supported by a grant from a project founded by the “Health Ministry” of Italy to the Basilicata Region.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00082-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.004

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 335-341 , June 2009

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