Appropriateness of the decision to transfer nursing facility residents to the hospital

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-163

  Saliba, Debra ^a,b,c   Kington, Raynard ^d   Buchanan, Joan ^c,e   Bell, Robert ^c,f   Wang, Mingming ^a   Lee, Martin ^a,b   Herbst, Michael ^b   Lee, Daniel ^b,g   Sur, Denise ^b,g   Rubenstein, Lisa ^a,b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Santa Monica UCLA Family Practice Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Emergency department; Hospitalization; Nursing facility; Transfers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0033953151     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03906.x     Document Type: Article

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