Cognitive impairment and resource use of nursing home residents a structural equation model

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 802-812

  Arling, Greg ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Nursing home; Path analysis; Resource use; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDIANA; NURSING HOMES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037666901     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200307000-00004     Document Type: Article

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