Strategies to reduce unplanned hospitalizations of home healthcare patients: A step-by-step approach

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 369-376

  Crossen Sills, Jackie ^a   Toomey, Irene ^a   Doherty, Meg ^a  

^a Norwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CAUSALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748110595     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200606000-00007     Document Type: Review

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