Prospects for transferring nursing home residents to the community

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1762-1771

  Mor, Vincent ^a   Zinn, Jacqueline ^b   Gozalo, Pedro ^c   Feng, Zhanlian ^c   Intrator, Orna ^c   Grabowski, David C ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849067427     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1762     Document Type: Article

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