Cardiovascular Disease Care in the Nursing Home: The Need for Better Evidence for Outcomes of Care and Better Quality for Processes of Care

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Ahmed, Ali ^a   Ekundayo, O James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 57849113940     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.019     Document Type: Editorial

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