Description of the National Pressure Ulcer Long‐Term Care Study
- 5 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 50 (11) , 1816-1825
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50510.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe and provide baseline data from The National Pressure Ulcer Long‐Term Care Study (NPULS). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of detailed resident characteristics, treatments, a...Keywords
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