Does hospitalization impact survival after lower respiratory infection in nursing home residents?

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 860-870

  Kruse, Robin L ^a   Mehr, David R ^a   Boles, Keith E ^b   Lave, Judith R ^c   Binder, Ellen F ^d   Madsen, Richard ^b   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^e  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Logistic regression; Modeling; Mortality; Nursing homes; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFALEXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644259707     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000135828.95415.b1     Document Type: Article

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