Health status and functional profile at admission of nursing home residents in Iceland over 11-year period

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-187

  Hjaltadóttir, Ingibjörg ^a,b,c   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^a,d   Ekwall, Anna K ^a   Nyberg, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gerontological nursing; Health needs assessment; Nursing home care; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING HOME; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84868143669     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2011.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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