Facility characteristics as independent prognostic factors of nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 296-304

  Chung, Jae Ho ^c   Choi, Younghoon ^a   An, Chang Hyeok ^a   Park, Sang Joon ^a   Min, Joo Won ^a  

^a Seonam University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Family Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Pneumonia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84960089227     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2014.256     Document Type: Article

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