Comorbidity and dependence jointly indicate the need for palliative care in nursing home residents
V. Guion,
P. Riba Bremerch,
Y. Rolland
Abstract:The purpose was to investigate the association between mortality in nursing home residents (NHR) and multimorbidity, dependence and their interaction. This study was an 18-month prospective, observational study, that included a subgroup of 5527 NHR residing in 163 nursing homes located in France between May and July 2011. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to perform multivariate survival analysis. Independent variables of interest were baseline multimorbidity, baseline dependence, and the interaction be… Show more
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