Preparing for the new medicare reimbursement guidelines: Part I - When are pressure ulcers in the hospital avoidable?

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Levine, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY POSITION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALABSORPTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; MOBILIZATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 48149102555     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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