Geriatrics and the triple aim: Defining preventable hospitalizations in the long-term care population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2313-2318

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a   Maslow, Katie ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; preventable hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84871029852     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12002     Document Type: Article

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