Geriatric heart failure, depression, and nursing home admission: An observational study using propensity score analysis

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 867-875

  Ahmed, Ali ^a,b,c   Ali, Mahmud ^f   Lefante, Christina M ^d   Mullick, M Syadul Islam ^e   Kinney, F Cleveland ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Heart failure; Nursing home; Older adults; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33749661184     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000209639.30899.72     Document Type: Article

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