Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative in Sustaining Changes in Nursing Home Care: Six-Year Trends of Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 5-12

  Vogelsmeier, Amy ^a   Popejoy, L ^a   Canada, K ^a   Galambos, C ^b   Petroski, G ^c   Crecelius, C ^a   Alexander, G L ^d   Rantz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalizations; Nursing homes; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICARE; MISSOURI; NURSING HOME PATIENT; REGISTERED NURSE; RURAL AREA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURNOVER RATE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85097937102     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-020-1552-8     Document Type: Article

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