Do not hospitalize orders in nursing homes: A pilot study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-26

  Culberson, John ^a,b,c   Levy, Cari ^a,b,c   Lawhorne, Larry ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Do not hospitalize orders; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17844364862     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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