Reducing hospital admissions from nursing homes: A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Graverholt, Birgitte ^a,b   Forsetlund, Louise ^c   Jamtvedt, Gro ^a,c  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute care; Homes for the aged; Hospital admission; Hospitalisation; Hospitalization; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84892746983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-36     Document Type: Article

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