Avoiding hospitalizations from nursing homes for potentially burdensome care: Results of a qualitative study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 137-139

  Cohen, Andrew B ^a   Knobf, M Tish ^b   Fried, Terri R ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c VA Healthcare Systems Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DIRECTOR; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011290077     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7128     Document Type: Letter

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