Indicators of recurrent hospitalization for pneumonia in the elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2010-2015

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b   Brewer, Thomas ^a   Okada, Mifue ^a   Bashir, Omar ^a   Gough, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional status; Pneumonia; Readmission; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16644377906     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52556.x     Document Type: Article

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