Regional Variation in Mortality and Subsequent Hospitalization of Nursing Residents With Heart Failure

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 595-601

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a,b   Elder, Stacey J ^b   Fish, Ron ^b   Min, Sung Joon ^b  

^a Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 80053217549     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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