Risk of admission to a nursing home among older people with visual impairment in Great Britain

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1428-1433

  Evans, Jennifer R ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a   Fletcher, Astrid E ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 54049095230     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1428     Document Type: Article

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