Nature and extent of external-cause deaths of nursing home residents in Victoria, Australia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 954-962

  Ibrahim, Joseph E ^a   Murphy, Briony J ^a   Bugeja, Lyndal ^a   Ranson, David ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

death; external cause; nursing home; resident

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COURT; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXTERNAL CAUSE DEATH; FALLING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN INJURY; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME FOR THE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84929655028     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13377     Document Type: Article

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