The effects of cognitive impairment on nursing home residents' emergency department visits and hospitalizations

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 835-843

  Stephens, Caroline E ^a   Newcomer, Robert ^a   Blegen, Mary ^a   Miller, Bruce ^b   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Emergency department; Health care utilization; Hospitalization; Nursing home; Palliative care; Transitions in care

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPHYSEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927177801     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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