Quality of end-of-life care of long-term nursing home residents with and without dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1066-1073

  Li, Qinghua ^a   Zheng, Nan Tracy ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; hospice; hospitalization; in hospital deaths; place of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

DEMENTIA; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; IN-HOSPITAL DEATHS; PLACE OF DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880276332     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12330     Document Type: Article

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