Acute hospital admissions from nursing homes: Predictors of unwarranted variation?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-365

  Graverholt, Birgitte ^a   Riise, Trond ^b   Jamtvedt, Gro ^a   Husebo, Bettina S ^b   Nortvedt, Monica W ^a  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health services research; homes for the aged; hospitalization; nursing homes; practice variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE VARIATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE VARIATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; OWNERSHIP; RISK FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877778520     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813482200     Document Type: Article

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