Depression and nursing home admission among hospitalized older adults with coronary artery disease: A propensity score analysis

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-83

  Ahmed, Ali ^a,b,c,d   Lefante, Christina M ^e   Alam, Nazmul ^b  

^a Nutrition Sciences and Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Center for Heart Failure Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34248162986     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05519.x     Document Type: Article

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