Geriatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , January 2003

The care dependency scale: An assessment instrument for elderly patients in German hospitals

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doi: 10.1067/mgn.2003.8

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , January 2003

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