Sustainability and scalability of the hospital elder life program at a community hospital

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Rubin, Fred H ^a   Neal, Kelly ^a   Fenlon, Kerry ^b   Hassan, Shuja ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

delirium; hospital care; Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP); intervention; prevention; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ELDER LIFE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DELIRIUM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951713197     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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