Hospitalizations of nursing home residents in the last year of life: Nursing home characteristics and variation in potentially avoidable hospitalizations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1900-1908

  Xing, Jingping ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; nursing homes; potentially avoidable hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATION; QUALITY MEASURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; TERMINAL CARE; X RAY;

END OF LIFE; NURSING HOMES; POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887609772     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12517     Document Type: Article

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