Identifying potentially preventable emergency department visits bynursing home residents in the United States

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 395-399

  Burke, Robert E ^a,b   Rooks, Sean P ^c   Levy, Cari ^b   Schwartz, Robert ^b   Ginde, Adit A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department utilization; Nursing home resident; Preventable emergency visit

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HOSPITAL AMBULATORY CARE SURVEY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928700136     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.076     Document Type: Article

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