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Physicians and the Care of Nursing Home Residents

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Geriatric Medicine

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Among long-term care institutions in the United States, nursing homes for elderly persons are predominant; they are most frequently referred to in discussions of institutional care in professional and lay literature, and are most feared by the elderly population. About 1,300,000 persons reside in 18,000 nursing homes.1 It is estimated that about 20% of all elderly persons will spend some time in a nursing home before dying.2–5

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  1. Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones Ph.D.
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  1. Department of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D.

  2. Section of Geriatric Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA

    John Richard Walsh M.D.

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Kayser-Jones, J.S. (1984). Physicians and the Care of Nursing Home Residents. In: Cassel, C.K., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5232-0_28

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