Referrals from nursing home to hospital: Reasons, appropriateness and costs

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-373

  Vossius, Corinna Elisabeth ^a   YdstebÃ, Arnt Egil ^a   Testad, Ingelin ^a   LurÃs, Hilde ^b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of hospital admissions; costs; hospital referrals; nursing home; saving potentials

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPROPRIATENESS OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; ARTICLE; COST; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL REFERRALS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAVING POTENTIALS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

APPROPRIATENESS OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; COSTS; HOSPITAL REFERRALS; NURSING HOME; SAVING POTENTIALS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877741405     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813484398     Document Type: Article

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