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Suicide Risk in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: 2003–2011

Author(s) -

Briana Mezuk,

Matthew C. Lohman,

Marc Leslie,

Virginia Powell

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302573

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , suicide prevention , gerontology , nursing homes , logistic regression , poison control , injury prevention , confidence interval , occupational safety and health , long term care , assisted living facility , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , demography , nursing , environmental health , physics , pathology , sociology , optics

We investigated the epidemiology of suicide among adults aged 50 years and older in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and whether anticipating transitioning into long-term care (LTC) is a risk factor for suicide.

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