Replicating the hospital elder life program in a community hospital and demonstrating effectiveness using quality improvement methodology

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 969-974

  Rubin, Fred H ^a,e   Williams, Jennifer T ^b   Lescisin, Dianne A ^b   Mook, William J ^b   Hassan, Shuja ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusional state; Delirium; Hospital care; Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP); Intervention; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744926174     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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