The impact of telehealth monitoring on acute care hospitalization rates and emergency department visit rates for patients using home health skilled nursing care

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Woods, Landace W ^a,b   Snow, Susan W ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872482249     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3182778dd3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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