Potentially avoidable hospitalizations for elderly long-stay residents in nursing homes

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 673-681

  Spector, William D ^a   Limcangco, Rhona ^b   Williams, Christianna ^c   Rhodes, William ^c   Hurd, Donna ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalizations; elderly; nursing home; proportional hazard model; quality; risk factors; transfers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CONFUSION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; THORAX PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ACUITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880727944     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182984bff     Document Type: Article

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