The nursing home effect: A case study of residents with potential dementia and emergency department visits

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 901-905

  De Souto Barreto, Philipe ^a,b   Lapeyre Mestre, Maryse ^a,c   Mathieu, Céline ^d   Piau, Christine ^e   Bouget, Catherine ^e   Cayla, Françoise ^d   Vellas, Bruno ^a,c   Rolland, Yves ^a,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^d Observatoire Régional de La Santé de Midi Pyrénées ORSMIP   (France)

^e Agence régionale de l'hospitalisation de Midi Pyrénées   (France)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Emergency department; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

DEMENTIA; ELDERLY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; NURSING HOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84897068173     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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