Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations for Nursing Home Residents: Role of the Missouri Quality Initiative Intervention Support Team

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 1-5

  Vogelsmeier, Amy ^a   Popejoy, Lori ^a   Kist, Shari ^a   Shumate, Susan ^b   Pritchett, Angelita ^a   Mueller, Jessica ^a   Rantz, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Primaris   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85075813587     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000444     Document Type: Article

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