Successfully Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 960-966

  Rantz, Marilyn J ^a   Popejoy, Lori ^a   Vogelsmeier, Amy ^a   Galambos, Colleen ^a   Alexander, Greg ^a   Flesner, Marcia ^a   Crecelius, Charles ^a   Ge, Bin ^b   Petroski, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalizations; care transitions; end of life care; health information technology; hospitalizations; interventions; Medicare beneficiaries; Nursing homes; performance feedback reports

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MISSOURI; NURSING HOME PATIENT; REGISTERED NURSE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026240777     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.05.027     Document Type: Article

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