Racial and ethnic disparities in the healing of pressure ulcers present at nursing home admission

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 187-194

  Bliss, Donna Z ^a   Gurvich, Olga ^a   Savik, Kay ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^b   Harms, Susan ^a,c   Mueller, Christine ^a   Garrard, Judith ^b   Cunanan, Kristen ^b   Wiltzen, Kjerstie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus; Health disparities; Nursing homes; Pressure ulcers; Race

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ULCER HEALING; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 85021982755     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.06.009     Document Type: Article

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