Opening Pandora's Box: The Reasons Why Reducing Nursing Home Transfers to Hospital are so Difficult

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 185-187

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYPHARMACY; PULSE OXIMETRY; HOSPITALIZATION; UTILIZATION;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84959038260     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.098     Document Type: Editorial

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