Reducing Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Results of a Pilot Quality Improvement Project

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 644-652

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a,b   Perloe, Mary ^c   Givens, JoVonn H ^c   Kluge, Linda ^c   Rutland, Tracy ^c   Lamb, Gerri ^d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Georgia Medical Care Foundation   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; REIMBURSEMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350379421     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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