Use of urinary collection devices in skilled nursing facilities in five states

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 854-861

  Rogers, Mary A M ^a   Mody, Lona ^a,b   Kaufman, Samuel R ^a   Fries, Brant E ^b,c,d   McMahon Jr , Laurence F ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPERS, ADULT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 43249099759     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01675.x     Document Type: Article

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