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C O N T R I B U T I O N S O F A U T H O R S<br />

G Ellis was lead review author. M Whitehead and D Robinson were responsible <strong>for</strong> the selection of trials and extraction of data. D<br />

O’Neill and P Langhorne moderated.<br />

D E C L A R A T I O N S O F I N T E R E S T<br />

All review authors are <strong>geriatric</strong>ians. None have received financial support related <strong>to</strong> the subject of the review.<br />

S O U R C E S O F S U P P O R T<br />

Internal sources<br />

• No internal sources of support were sought, UK.<br />

External sources<br />

• No sources of support supplied<br />

D I F F E R E N C E S B E T W E E N P R O T O C O L A N D R E V I E W<br />

Analysis of the joint primary outcome ’independent survival’ was not possible <strong>for</strong> reasons highlighted above. Similarly, comparisons of<br />

cost in a meta-analysis have not been attempted because of the differences in reporting style described above.<br />

I N D E X T E R M S<br />

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)<br />

∗ Frail Elderly; ∗ Hospitalization; ∗ Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); <strong>Comprehensive</strong> Health Care [ ∗ methods]; Emer-<br />

gencies; Geriatric Assessment [ ∗ methods]; Independent Living; Mortality<br />

MeSH check words<br />

Aged; Humans<br />

<strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>geriatric</strong> <strong>assessment</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>older</strong> <strong>adults</strong> <strong>admitted</strong> <strong>to</strong> hospital (Review)<br />

Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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