Predicting mortality of residents at admission to nursing home: A longitudinal cohort study

• Published in: BMC Health Services Research
• Main Authors: Hallberg Ingalill, Hjaltadóttir Ingibjörg, Ekwall Anna, Nyberg Per
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Meier; Rho; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-86; https://doaj.org/article/ae27441ceca44974b77fdcc2bb84db3b

Abstract Background An increasing numbers of deaths occur in nursing homes. Knowledge of the course of development over the years in death rates and predictors of mortality is important for officials responsible for organizing care to be able to ensure that staff is knowledgeable in the areas of car...