Nursing Home Medical Staff Organization and 30-Day Rehospitalizations

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 552-557

  Lima, Julie C ^a   Intrator, Orna ^a,b   Karuza, Jurgis ^c,d,e   Wetle, Terrie ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a   Katz, Paul ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical staff organization; Nursing home; Physicians; Rehospitalizations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862892942     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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