Rural-urban differences in preventable hospitalizations among community-dwelling veterans with dementia

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Thorpe, Joshua M ^a   van Houtven, Courtney H ^b,c   Sleath, Betsy L ^d   Thorpe, Carolyn T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Caregivers; Dementia; Preventable hospitalizations; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 77953055901     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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