Hospitalization risk following admission to an academic nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 130-135

  Boockvar, Kenneth ^a,c   Lochs, Mark ^b  

^a Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Hospitalization; Nursing homes; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0041779858     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70454-5     Document Type: Article

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