Investigating the Avoidability of Hospitalizations of Long Stay Nursing Home Residents: Opportunities for Improvement

Innovation in Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Unroe, Kathleen T ^a,b   Hickman, Susan E ^c   Carnahan, Jennifer L ^a,b   Hass, Zach ^d   Sachs, Greg ^a,b   Arling, Greg ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Quality of care; Relocation and transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064733431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23995300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy017     Document Type: Article

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