The Complexity of Determining Whether a Nursing Home Transfer Is Avoidable at Time of Transfer

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 895-901

  Unroe, Kathleen T ^a   Carnahan, Jennifer L ^a   Hickman, Susan E ^a   Sachs, Greg A ^a   Hass, Zachary ^b   Arling, Greg ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalizations; nursing home; transfers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INDIANA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85042095803     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15286     Document Type: Article

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