Association of race and sites of care with pressure ulcers in high-risk nursing home residents

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Li, Yue ^a,c   Yin, Jun ^b   Cai, Xueya ^a,b,c   Temkin Greener, Helena ^d   Mukamel, Dana B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79960176946     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.942     Document Type: Article

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