Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in US Nursing Homes: Results from the National Nursing Home Survey, 1985-2004

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 529-534

  Reardon, Gregory ^a,b   Nelson, Winnie W ^c   Patel, Aarti A ^c   Philpot, Tommy ^d   Neidecker, Marjorie ^a,b  

^a Informagenics LLC   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Profiles and Interventions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; National Nursing Home Survey; Population growth; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862866803     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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