The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 5 , Pages 383-390 , 1 April 2003

The effects of a targeted multicomponent delirium intervention on postdischarge outcomes for hospitalized older adults

  • Sidney T Bogardus Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (STB, DA, SKI), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Sidney T. Bogardus, Jr, MD, Department of Internal Medicine (Geriatrics), Yale University School of Medicine, 20 York Street, Tompkins 15, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 06504
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  • Mayur M Desai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (MMD, LLS), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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  • Christianna S Williams, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sheps Center for Health Services Research (CSW), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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  • Linda Leo-Summers, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (MMD, LLS), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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  • Denise Acampora, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (STB, DA, SKI), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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  • Sharon K Inouye, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (STB, DA, SKI), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Received 7 November 2001 ,Revised 9 October 2002 ,Accepted 17 October 2002.

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☆ This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute on Aging (RO1 AG12551), Bethesda, Maryland, and by the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P60 AG10469), Yale University. Dr. Bogardus is a recipient of a Pfizer/American Geriatrics Society Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics. Dr. Inouye is a recipient of a Midcareer Award (K24 AG00949) from the National Institute on Aging and a Donaghue Investigator Award (DF98-105) from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation, West Hartford, Connecticut.

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doi: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01569-3

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 5 , Pages 383-390 , 1 April 2003

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