Infections in long-term care populations in the United States

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-349

  Dwyer, Lisa L ^a   Harris Kojetin, Lauren D ^a   Valverde, Roberto H ^a   Frazier, Joyce M ^a   Simon, Alan E ^a   Stone, Nimalie D ^b   Thompson, Nicola D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

home health; hospice; infections; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84875216507     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12153     Document Type: Article

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