Hospital nursing factors associated with decreased odds of mortality in older adult medicare surgical patients with depression

Abstract Background Depression is common, costly, and has deleterious effects in older adult surgical patients. Little research exists examining older adult surgical patient outcomes and depression and the potential for nursing factors to affect these outcomes. The purpose of this study was to deter...

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Main Authors: Aparna Kumar, Douglas Sloane, Linda Aiken, Matthew McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03348-1