Open AccessEmergency Department Use by Nursing Home Residents: Effect of Severity of Cognitive Impairment
Author(s) -
Caroline Stephens,
R Newcomer,
M. Blegen,
Bruce L. Miller,
Charlene Harrington
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnr109
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , odds ratio , odds , dementia , ambulatory , logistic regression , emergency medicine , family medicine , nursing , disease
To examine the 1-year prevalence and risk of emergency department (ED) use and ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) ED use by nursing home (NH) residents with different levels of severity of cognitive impairment (CI).
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