Medicare prospective payment before and after implementation: A review of visits and physical performance among medicare home health patients after total knee replacements

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Collins, Tracey ^a   Herness, Jessica ^a   Martenas, Jennifer ^a   Roberson, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICARE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALKING AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CANES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKERS;

EID: 34250176199     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000277690.66174.ce     Document Type: Article

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