Short-term functional outcomes of long-term care residents with pneumonia treated with and without hospital transfer

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 302-306

  Fried, Terri R ^a,c   Gillick, Muriel R ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031056649     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00944.x     Document Type: Article

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