JAMDA
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , January 2011

Diabetes Mellitus, Glycemic Control, and Pneumonia in Long-Term Care Facilities: A 2-Year, Prospective Cohort Study

  • Liang-Kung Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Li-Ning Peng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Hsien Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Yun Lai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Chieh Lin, RN

      Affiliations

    • National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shinn-Jang Hwang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Shinn-Jang Hwang, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Shih-Pai Road Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan 11217.

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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JAMDA
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , January 2011

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