Exploring the associations between long-term care and mortality rates among stroke patients

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-74

  Chuang, Kun Yang ^a   Wu, Shwu Chong ^b   Yeh, Mei Chang ^c   Chen, Yu Hui ^a   Wu, Chen Long ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Long term care; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22044451184     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnr.0000387527.76900.dd     Document Type: Article

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