Incidence and economical effects of pneumonia in the older population living in French nursing homes: Design and methods of the INCUR study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Demougeot, Laurent ^a   Rolland, Yves ^a,b   Gérard, Stéphane ^a   Pennetier, Delphine ^a   Duboué, Marilyne ^a   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Cesari, Matteo ^a,b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Health care; Nursing home; Older adults; Physical disability; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84883893424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-861     Document Type: Article

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