Stage 2 pressure ulcer healing in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1252-1258

  Bergstrom, Nancy ^a,f   Smout, Randall ^b   Horn, Susan ^b   Spector, William ^c   Hartz, Arthur ^d   Limcangco, M Rhona ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^f UTSON H Center on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nursing homes; Pressure ulcers; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; EATING DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER HEALING; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 48449091873     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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