Skilled care requirements for elderly patients after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1133-1137

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b,d,e   Rogers, Mary A M ^b,d   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,d   McMahon Jr , Laurence J ^b   Fries, Brant E ^a,c   Kaufman, Samuel R ^b,d   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c,d  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Aged; Health resources; Long term care; Medicare; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 24344478207     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53356.x     Document Type: Article

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