Requiring On-Site Evaluation in the Nursing Home Before Hospital Transfer: Is This Proposed CMS Rule Change Feasible and Safe?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 801-803

  Katz, Paul R ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^b   Ouslander, Joseph G ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANPOWER; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944061469     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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