JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 409-412 , July 2007

Care Needs of Higher-Functioning Nursing Home Residents

  • Matthew K. McNabney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Matthew K. McNabney, MD, 5505 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224.
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  • Jennifer L. Wolff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Semanick, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
    • ,
  • Judith D. Kasper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
    • ,
  • Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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 Support for this study was provided by the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

 None of the authors had financial support for research, consultantships, speakers’ forums, or other holdings that might be a conflict of interest with respect to this study.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00200-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.03.001

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 409-412 , July 2007

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