Patients are not given quality-of- care data about skilled nursing facilities when discharged from hospitals

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1385-1391

  Tyler, Denise A ^a   Gadbois, Emily A ^a   McHugh, John P ^b   Shield, Renée R ^a   Winblad, Ulrika ^a,c   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; AGED; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027106027     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0155     Document Type: Article

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