Functioning, problem behavior and health services use among nursing home residents with alcohol-use disorders: Nationwide data from the VA minimum data set

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Brennan, Penny L ^a,b   Greenbaum, Mark A ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSING HOME; TOBACCO;

EID: 21444455675     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2005.66.395     Document Type: Article

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