Multimorbidity type, hospitalizations and emergency department visits among nursing home residents: A preliminary study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 705-709

  de Souto Barreto, Philipe ^a,b   Lapeyre Mestre, M ^a,c   Vellas, B ^a,c   Rolland, Y ^a,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

emergency department; hospitalization; multimorbidity; nursing home; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84919628219     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0504-6     Document Type: Article

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