Consequences of preventing delirium in hospitalized older adults on nursing home costs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-409

  Leslie, Douglas L ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a   Bogardus, Sidney T ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Leo Summers, Linda S ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEPEC/182 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Delirium; Multicomponent targeted intervention; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17444380037     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53156.x     Document Type: Article

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