Post-acute care services received by older adults following a cardiac event: A population-based analysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Dolansky, Mary A ^a   Xu, Fang ^b   Zullo, Melissa ^c   Shishehbor, Mehdi ^d   Moore, Shirley M ^a   Rimm, Alfred A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac event; heart failure; myocardial infarction; older adults; postYacute care services; transitional care

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953990556     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181c9fbca     Document Type: Article

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