American Geriatrics Society Policy Brief: COVID-19 and Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 908-911

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Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; geriatrics; long term care; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ACT; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FAMILY LEAVE; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM; TAX; WORKFORCE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GERIATRICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85084467436     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16477     Document Type: Article

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