Far Too Easy: Opioid Diversion during the Transition from Hospital to Nursing Home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2229-2231

  Kind, Amy J H ^a,b   Jensen, Laury L ^b   Kennelty, Korey A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERSION; HOSPITAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT TRANSFER; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84922480034     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13084     Document Type: Letter

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