Rationale and study protocol for the Nursing Home Compare Plus (NHCPlus) randomized controlled trial: A personalized decision aid for patients transitioning from the hospital to a skilled-nursing facility

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-145

  Sorkin, Dara H ^a   Amin, Alpesh ^b   Weimer, David L ^c   Sharit, Joseph ^d   Ladd, Heather ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MOBILE APPLICATION; NURSING; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954495753     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.12.018     Document Type: Article

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