Pressure ulcer prevalence among black and white nursing home residents in new york state: Evidence of racial disparity?

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Cai, Shubing ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Quality; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDEMA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649090632     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ca2810     Document Type: Article

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