Use of postacute care by nursing home residents hospitalized for stroke or hip fracture: How prevalent and to what end?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1490-1496

  Hoverman, Carrie ^a,b,e   Shugarman, Lisa R ^b   Saliba, Debra ^b,c,d   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MC 7360 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Nursing home residents; Post hospital; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 51249102138     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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