Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents' Hospitalizations in the VHA: The Potential Impact of Aligning Financial Incentives on Hospitalizations

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 499-503

  French, Dustin D ^a   Campbell, Robert R ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

health care finance; hospitalizations; Medicaid; Medicare; Nursing homes; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VETERAN;

EID: 49849105606     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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