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Original Articles

Association between Older Adults' Estimated Length of Hospital Stay and Cognitive Performance

, BOT (Hons) (Occupational Therapy Student) , , PhD, MSc, MPA, BScOT(Hons), GCHPE, OT(C), OTR (Associate Professor & Undergraduate Course Coordinator) , , PhD, MOcc.Th. BSc(OT), GCHPE (Lecturer & Fieldwork Coordinator) & , BOT (Occupational Therapist – Sub-Acute)
Pages 136-155 | Received 26 Apr 2017, Accepted 28 Feb 2018, Published online: 27 Mar 2018

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