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The impact of nursing home transfer policies at the end of life on a public acute care hospital
Author(s)Wally R Smith, Arthur Kellerman, James S Brown
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 43, no 9, September 1995
Pagespp 1052-1057
KeywordsDying ; Death ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Hospital services.
AnnotationPresents results from a study which investigated whether nursing homes transferred their terminal care patients to a hospital, and the impact of such transfers in nursing home and hospital mortality rates.
Accession NumberCPA-951129212 A
ClassmarkCX: CW: LHB:LF: LD

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