Recent Health Care Transitions and Emergency Department Use by Chronic Long Term Care Residents: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-206

  Gruneir, Andrea ^a,b,c   Bronskill, Susan ^b,c   Bell, Chaim ^b,c,d,e,f   Gill, Sudeep ^b,g   Schull, Michael ^b,c,d,h   Ma, Xiaomu ^b   Anderson, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Rochon, Paula A ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department visits; Long term care; Transfers; Transitions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE TRANSITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84857189496     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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