Association between reported elder abuse and rates of admission to skilled nursing facilities: Findings from a longitudinal population-based cohort study

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 464-472

  Dong, XinQi ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Population based study; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KATZ INDEX; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; NEGLECT; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHICAGO; COHORT STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84883457585     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351338     Document Type: Article

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