Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 428-434

  Hall, Rasheeda K ^a,b   Toles, Mark ^c   Massing, Mark ^c   Jackson, Eric ^d   Peacock Hinton, Sharon ^d   O’hare, Ann M ^e,f   Colón Emeric, Cathleen ^b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ULCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSCESS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULITIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SKIN ULCER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924351684     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03510414     Document Type: Article

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