Associations of special care units and outcomes of residents with dementia: 2004 national nursing home survey

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-518

  Luo, Huabin ^a   Fang, Xiangming ^b   Liao, Youlian ^c   Elliott, Amanda ^c   Zhang, Xinzhi ^c  

^a Mount Olive College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome; Process of care; Special care units

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955035879     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq035     Document Type: Article

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