Inappropriate hospitalization of nursing facility residents: A symptom of a sick system of care for frail older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 230-231

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a   Weinberg, Andrew D ^b   Phillips, Victoria ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033957233     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03919.x     Document Type: Editorial

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