Mortality in older care home residents in england and wales

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-215

  Shah, Sunil M ^a   Carey, Iain M ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   Dewilde, Stephen ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Nursing homes; Older people; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84874551599     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs174     Document Type: Article

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