Trends in hospital discharge disposition for elderly patients with infective endocarditis: 1993 to 2003: Brief reports

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 877-881

  Mendiratta, Priya ^a,b,e   Tilford, John M ^d   Prodhan, Parthak ^c   Cleves, Mario A ^c   Wei, Jeanne Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Departments of Geriatrics   (Egypt)

^c University College of Medicine

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR; TREND STUDY;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449125364     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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