Avoidability of hospital transfers of nursing home residents: Perspectives of frontline staff

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1665-1672

  Lamb, Gerri ^a   Tappen, Ruth ^b   Diaz, Sanya ^c   Herndon, Laurie ^d   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidability; Hospitalizations; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVING WILL; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80054769756     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03556.x     Document Type: Article

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