Predictors of mortality following involuntary interinstitutional relocation

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Laughlin, Ann ^a   Parsons, Mary ^a   Kosloski, Karl D ^b   Bergman Evans, Brenda ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c ALEGENT HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COERCION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEBRASKA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35848967566     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20070901-04     Document Type: Article

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