Vulnerable populations at risk of potentially avoidable hospitalizations: The case of nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Carter, Mary W ^a   Porell, Frank W ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Ambulatory care; Dementia; Hospitalizations; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 29744455572     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750502000605     Document Type: Article

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