Decisions to Transfer Nursing Home Residents to Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review of Contributing Factors and Staff Perspectives

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 994-1005

  Trahan, Lisa M ^a   Spiers, Jude A ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

decision to transfer; emergency department; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SCOPUS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NURSING STAFF;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84977496711     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.012     Document Type: Review

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