The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 650-656 , 1 November 2004

Educational disadvantage impairs functional recovery after hospitalization in older persons

  • Sarwat I. Chaudhry, MD

      Affiliations

    • Special Research Fellowship Program (SIC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut
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  • Rebecca J. Friedkin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (RJF, SKI), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Ralph I. Horwitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (RIH), Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (RJF, SKI), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Inouye is the recipient of a Donaghue Investigator Award from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation (DF98-105)

Received 2 December 2003 ,Revised 11 June 2004 ,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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 Dr. Chaudhry is a Special Research Fellow, supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This work was supported in part by the Yale Mentorship Program in Patient-Oriented Research on Aging (AG00949), a grant from the National Institute on Aging (AG12551), and the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (AG21342).

PII: S0002-9343(04)00501-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.06.026

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 650-656 , 1 November 2004

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