Medication Use Leading to Hospital Readmission in Frail Elders

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 708-715

  Shapiro, Joshua S ^a   McCoy, Rozalina G ^a   Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Bjorg ^a   Peterson, Stephanie M ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Rahman, Parvez A ^a   Chandra, Anupam ^a   Hanson, Gregory J ^a   Havyer, Rachel D ^a   Chen, Christina Y ^a   Borkenhagen, Lynn S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

frail elderly; home visits; medication reconciliation; opioids; patient discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032900988     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.08.015     Document Type: Article

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