Identifying the clinical characteristics of older people living in care homes using a novel approach in a primary care database

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-623

  Shah, Sunil M ^a   Carey, Iain M ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   Dewilde, Stephen ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^b   Lewis, Sarah ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Elderly; Nursing homes; Primary care; Quality and outcomes framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WALES;

EID: 77955941410     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq086     Document Type: Article

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