Attitudes to hospital care among a community sample of people aged 75 and older.
A random sample of elderly people aged 75 and over living in their own homes were questioned about their experiences, knowledge and beliefs about three hospital in-patient facilities: general medical and geriatric wards, and geriatric hospitals. Attitudes towards geriatric wards and hospitals were consistently less positive than those towards general medical wards.
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University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff.
Vetter
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Jones
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D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005853:Geriatrics; D006757:Hospital Units; D006760:Hospitalization; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D014852:Wales