Initiative to reduce avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents shows promising results

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 441-450

  Ingber, Melvin J ^a   Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Khatutsky, Galina ^a   Wang, Joyce M ^a   Bercaw, Lawren E ^a   Zheng, Nan Tracy ^a   Vadnais, Alison ^a   Coomer, Nicole M ^a   Segelman, Micah ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION; PROBABILITY; REGISTERED NURSE; RESIDENT; STAFF; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014588521     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1310     Document Type: Article

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