Emergency department visits by nursing home residents in the United States

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1864-1872

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Shah, Manish N ^b   Allman, Richard M ^c,d,e   Kilgore, Meredith ^f  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Aging   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency service; geriatrics; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 80054797282     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03587.x     Document Type: Article

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