Hospitalisations before and after nursing home admission: A retrospective cohort study from Germany [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Ramroth, Heribert ^a,c   Specht Leible, Norbert ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b Bethanien Krankenhauses Geriatrisches Zentrum   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19044364621     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi049     Document Type: Letter

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