Reducing unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home residents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1165-1167

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a   Berenson, Robert A ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 80053378228     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1105449     Document Type: Short Survey

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