Restarting the cycle: Incidence and predictors of first acute care use after nursing home discharge

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-85

  Toles, Mark ^a   Anderson, Ruth A ^b   Massing, Mark ^c   Naylor, Mary D ^d   Jackson, Eric ^c   Peacock Hinton, Sharon ^c   Colõn Emeric, Cathleen ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; epidemiology; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

CARE TRANSITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892830642     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12602     Document Type: Article

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