Associations among nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident per day and adherence to guidelines for treating nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on October 01, 2008

Authors

Evelyn Hutt1, Tiffany A Radcliff, Debra Liebrecht, Ron Fish, Monica McNulty, Andrew M Kramer

Author Affiliations

1: Denver VA Medical Center - 151, 1055 Clermont St., Denver, CO 80220, USA. evelyn.hutt@uchsc.edu

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