A Multifaceted Intervention to Implement Guidelines Did Not Affect Hospitalization Rates for Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 499-507

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a,b   Ruscin, J Mark ^b   Linnebur, Sunny A ^b   Fish, Douglas N ^b   Oman, Kathleen S ^b   Fink, Regina M ^b   Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a,b   Van Dorsten, Brent ^b   Liebrecht, Debra ^b   Fish, Ron ^b   McNulty, Monica C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Care processes; Guidelines; Hospitalization; Nursing home; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 80052164954     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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