Effect of pressure ulcers on length of hospital stay

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-297

  Graves, Nicholas ^a   Birrell, Frances ^b   Whitby, Michael ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944373955     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502542     Document Type: Article

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