Pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in elderly people with dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2192-2199

  Naumova, Elena N ^a   Parisi, Sara M ^a   Castronovo, Denise ^b   Pandita, Manisha ^a   Wenger, Julia ^a   Minihan, Paula ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mapping Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Hospitalization; Influenza; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71549144950     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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