Quality of life of older adults admitted to a Medical Clinic Unit of a Public Hospital in Brazil

• Main Authors: Núbia Pires da Rocha Martins (Author), Salete Maria de Fátima Silqueira (Author), Lívia Maria Emerick Souza (Author), Carine de Paula Martins Souza (Author), Sônia Maria Soares (Author), Selme Silqueira Matos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of older adults admitted to the Medical Clinic Unit of a public hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to correlate the quality of life with the functionality proposed by the Katz index, and to characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of...