Inappropriate hospitalization of nursing facility residents: a symptom of a sick system of care for frail older people

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2000 Feb;48(2):230-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03919.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis-Related Groups / economics
  • Fee-for-Service Plans
  • Frail Elderly*
  • Health Care Costs
  • Hospitalization* / economics
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Medicare / economics
  • Nursing Homes* / economics
  • Patient Transfer*
  • Prospective Payment System / economics
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Reimbursement, Incentive
  • United States