Are there racial-ethnic disparities in time to pressure ulcer development and pressure ulcer treatment in older adults after nursing home admission?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 571-593

  Bliss, Donna Z ^a   Gurvich, Olga ^a   Savik, Kay ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^a   Harms, Susan ^a   Mueller, Christine ^a   Wyman, Jean F ^a   Garrard, Judith ^a   Virnig, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparity; nursing home; pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930334693     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314553895     Document Type: Article

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