Hospitalization of nursing home residents: The right rate?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 378-379

  Lynn, Joanne ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; NOTE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031093949     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00958.x     Document Type: Editorial

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