Avoiding Nursing Home to Hospital Transfers: Rethinking Avoidability

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 189-193

  Vogelsmeier, Amy ^a   Popejoy, Lori ^a   Kist, Shari ^a   Harrell, Riley ^a   Alexander, Greg ^a   Rantz, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MISSOURI; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85066960470     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000409     Document Type: Article

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