The importance of physician presence in nursing homes for residents with dementia and pneumonia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Helton, Margaret R ^a   Cohen, Lauren W ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b   Van der Steen, Jenny T ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hospitalization; Nursing homes; Physicians; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650587040     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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