Hospital‐Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Risk of Death

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of in‐hospital pressure ulcer development on mortality among older, high‐risk, hospitalized patients up to 1 year post‐hospital discharge, after adjusting for baseline patient characteristics, disease severity, hospital complications, and discharge activity level.

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