Letters

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 769-770

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a   Mor, Vincent ^b   Gozalo, Pedro L ^b   Servadio, Joseph L ^b   Teno, Joan M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ETHNOLOGY; NURSING HOME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997283895     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9374     Document Type: Letter

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