Survey of geriatricians on the effect of fecal incontinence on nursing home referral

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1058-1062

  Grover, Madhusudan ^a,b   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^b,c   Palmer, Mary H ^c   Heymen, Steve ^b,c   Palsson, Olafur S ^b   Goode, Patricia S ^d,e   Turner, Marsha ^b   Whitehead, William E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Fecal incontinence; Hospital discharge; Nursing home referral; Physician survey; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; COST CONTROL; DIARRHEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOLOGIC NURSE PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77953086748     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02863.x     Document Type: Article

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