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Avoiding Hospitalizations From Nursing Homes for Potentially Burdensome Care

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Nursing home residents are often hospitalized for care that has the potential to be burdensome, in the sense that the risks outweigh the expected benefits.1 These hospitalizations offer little hope of improving quality of life or changing the course of illness and usually involve residents close to death who are vulnerable to iatrogenic harms. Certain facilities are more successful than others at preventing potentially burdensome hospitalizations. The reasons for their success, however, are poorly understood. We sought to explore the causes of these transfers and identify practices that help facilities avoid them.

Source: JAMA Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7128

Authors: Andrew B. Cohen, M. Tish Knobf, Terri R. Fried

Institutions: Yale University, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Language: English

Topic: Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences