Anemia: Its Impact on Hospitalizations and Length of Hospital Stay in Nursing Home and Community Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b   Pankratov, Anna ^a,b   Morris, Evelyn ^a,b   Qurashi, Saima ^a,b   Law, Gregory ^a,b   Phillips, Sunila ^a,b   Jaspal, Praveen ^a,b   Donepudi, Indira ^a,b   Norkus, Edward P ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; length of hospitalization in anemia; rate of hospitalization in anemia; severity of anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE NURSING; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449124992     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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