Incidence and costs of acute medical conditions in long-stay incontinent nursing home residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Alessi, Cathy A ^a,c,d   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b   Maldague, Sandra ^d   Al Samarrai, Nahla R ^d   Saliba, Debra ^a,c,d   Osterweil, Dan ^a   Beck, John C ^a   Schnelle, John F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Healthcare costs; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL AUDIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037342982     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70297-2     Document Type: Article

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