Hospitalizations at the end of life among long-term care residents

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-402

  Menec, Verena H ^a   Nowicki, Scott ^a   Blandford, Audrey ^a   Veselyuk, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; End of life care; Hospital use; Long term care; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOME FOR THE AGED; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MANITOBA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 64849089985     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln034     Document Type: Article

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