Predictors of Skilled Nursing Placement in a Multilevel Long‐Term‐Care Facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 108-112

  Osterweil, Dan ^a,b   Martin, Marla ^a   Sykdulko, Karl ^c  

^a Division of Geriatrics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WALKING;

EID: 0028887912     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb06374.x     Document Type: Article

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