Assessment of recovery in older patients hospitalized with different diagnoses and functional levels, evaluated with and without geriatric assessment.

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"Funding This study was funded by Western Norway Regional Health Authority (Grant number 911926). The funding source had no role in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report or in the decision to submit the article for publication. Authors’ contributionsJFA is the initiator of the study and responsible for the concept and design, data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and preparation of the manuscript. CH is responsible for the data acquisition and analysis, and contributed to the manuscript preparation. AHR contributed to the concept and design, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation, and preparation of the manuscript. All authors contributed to the study concept and design and critical review of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspect of the work. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics. Informed consent was signed by the patients before entering the study. No experimental interventions were performed."