Is nursing home residence an independent risk factor of mortality in chinese older adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1430-1432

  Chan, Tuen Ching ^a,b   Hung, Ivan Fan Ngai ^b   Cheng, Vincent Chi Chung ^b   Luk, James Ka Hay ^a   Woo, Patrick Chiu Yat ^b   Chu, Leung Wing ^b   Chan, Felix Hon Wai ^a  

^a Fung Yiu King Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84882264957     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12383     Document Type: Letter

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