Rehospitalization of Older Adults Discharged to Home Hospice Care
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Home health care and discharged hospice care patients: United States, 2000 and 2007.
OBJECTIVES This report presents national estimates on home health care patients and discharged hospice care patients. Information on characteristics, length of service, medical diagnoses, functional limitations, service use, advance care planning, and emergent and hospital care use are presented for home health care patients and hospice care discharges. A comparison of selected characteristics ...
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of the study was to describe, from the perspectives of emergency department (ED) providers, factors that influence quality and safety of transitions home from the ED for vulnerable older adults. DESIGN AND METHODS A grounded theory approach was used to analyze data from 9 focus groups conducted with ED staff that included representatives from nursing, medicine...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Palliative Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1096-6218,1557-7740
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0224