JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58, January 2010

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality Among Hospitalized Nursing Home Residents: An Analysis of the National Hospital Discharge Surveys 2005–2006

  • Amiya A. Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL
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  • Clare I. Hays, MD, CMD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Bo Liu, MB, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Inmaculada B. Aban, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Richard V. Sims, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Wilbert S. Aronow, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
    • ,
  • Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH, UAB Center for Aging, 1530 3rd Avenue South, CH-19, Ste-219, Birmingham AL 35294–2041.

published online 26 November 2009.

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest relating to this article.

 Dr. Ali Ahmed is supported by the National Institutes of Health through grants (R01-HL085561 and R01-HL097047) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and a generous gift from Ms. Jean B. Morris of Birmingham, Alabama.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00275-8

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.08.003

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58, January 2010

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