Unmet nursing care linked to rehospitalizations among older black AMI patients : A cross-sectional study of US Hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 457-465

  Brooks Carthon, J Margo ^a   Lasater, Karen B ^a   Rearden, Jessica ^a   Holland, Sara ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Disparities; Readmission; Tasks left undone

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW JERSEY; NURSING CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; UNMET NURSING CARE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING STAFF; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84964834866     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000519     Document Type: Article

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