Risk factors for nursing home use after hospitalization for medical illness

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Rudberg, Mark A ^a   Sager, Mark A ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030391130     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.5.M189     Document Type: Article

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