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Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 198-205 , February 2005

A national study showed that diagnoses varied by age group in nursing home residents under age 65

Brant E. Fries
- Institute of Gerontology and School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007, USA
- Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: 734-936-2107; fax: 734-936-2116.
Walter P. Wodchis
- Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Gerontology and Michigan Health Services Research Initiative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Caroline Blaum
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Amna Buttar
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, IN, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
John Drabek
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, USA
John N. Morris
- Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, MA, USA

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