Depression as a Risk Factor for Nursing Home Admission Among Older Individuals

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Harris, Yael ^a  

^a Centers for Medicare   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; managed care; Medicare; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33845917394     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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