Care management's challenges and opportunities to reduce the rapid rehospitalization of frail community-dwelling older adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-458

  Golden, Adam G ^a,b   Tewary, Sweta ^a   Dang, Stuti ^a,b   Roos, Bernard A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Homebound; Medicaid; Medicaid waiver; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955044695     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq015     Document Type: Article

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