Root Cause Analyses of Transfers of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients to Acute Hospitals: Lessons Learned for Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 256-262

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a,b   Naharci, Ilkin ^a,c   Engstrom, Gabriella ^b   Shutes, Jill ^a   Wolf, David G ^a,d   Alpert, Graig ^e   Rojido, Carolina ^a,b   Tappen, Ruth ^b   Newman, David ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Root cause analysis; Skilled nursing facilities; Unnecessary hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; STAFF; SYMPTOM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012826893     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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