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Characteristics of U.S. Nursing Homes with COVID‐19 Cases

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has been documented in a large share of nursing homes throughout the United States, leading to high rates of mortality for residents.
H. Abrams, L. Loomer, Ashvin D Gandhi, D. Grabowski   +3 more
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Qualitative assessment of the national initiative to implement antimicrobial stewardship centres in French administrative regions

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023
Background In May 2020, the French Ministry of Health funded the creation of regional antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) coordination centres (CRAtb) in preparation for the new national framework for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance.
Michèle Conlin, Anne-Gaëlle Leroy, Antoine Asquier-Khati, David Boutoille, Gabriel Birgand   +4 more
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Are preventive measures adequate? An evaluation of the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in nursing homes in China

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a challenge for nursing homes in China. Nursing homes are particularly dangerous places in terms of the spread of COVID-19 given that they house vulnerable, high-risk ...
Meihong Shi, Fengying Zhang, Xinxin He, Siyuan Huang, Mingfeng Zhang, Xiuying Hu   +5 more
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COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes: A strong link with the coronavirus spread in the surrounding population, France, March to July 2020.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundWorldwide, COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes have often been sudden and massive. The study investigated the role SARS-CoV-2 virus spread in nearby population plays in introducing the disease in nursing homes.Material and methodsThis was ...
Muriel Rabilloud, Benjamin Riche, Jean François Etard, Mad-Hélénie Elsensohn, Nicolas Voirin, Thomas Bénet, Jean Iwaz, René Ecochard, Philippe Vanhems   +8 more
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COVID‐19 in Nursing Homes: Calming the Perfect Storm

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020
The pandemic of viral infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 that causes COVID‐19 disease has put the nursing home industry in crisis.
J. Ouslander, D. Grabowski
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Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2023
Many nursing homes operated at thin profit margins prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the role of nursing homes’ financial performance and chain affiliation in shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first year of the
Yejin Kang MPH, Samuel V. David PT, John R. Bowblis PhD, Orna Intrator PhD, Brian Downer PhD, Chih-Ying Li PhD, OTR, James S. Goodwin MD, Huiwen Xu PhD   +7 more
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Severe Staffing And Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Faced By Nursing Homes During The COVID-19 Pandemic.

Health Affairs, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to devastate U.S. nursing homes. Adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and staffing are critical to protect nursing home residents and staff during future COVID-19 outbreaks.
Brian E. McGarry, D. Grabowski, Michael Lawrence Barnett   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Variability of pharmaceutical provision to nursing homes from hospital pharmacy services [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2019
Objective: To analyse the situation and the possible variability of pharmaceutical provision to public nursing homes included in the “Project pilot” from hospital pharmacy services of the Andalusian Health Service.
María Rosa Cantudo-Cuenca, María Dolores Cantudo-Cuenca, Belén María Muñoz-Cejudo, Julio Cañizares Huarte-Mendicoa   +3 more
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Compress the curve: a cross-sectional study of variations in COVID-19 infections across California nursing homes

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective Nursing homes’ residents and staff constitute the largest proportion of the fatalities associated with COVID-19 epidemic. Although there is a significant variation in COVID-19 outbreaks among the US nursing homes, we still do not know why such ...
Ram Gopal, Xu Han, Niam Yaraghi
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Staffing Levels and COVID‐19 Cases and Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020
Nursing homes have experienced a disproportionate share of COVID‐19 cases and deaths. Early analyses indicated that baseline quality was not predictive of nursing home cases, but a more nuanced study of the role of nurse staffing is needed to target ...
Rebecca J. Gorges, R. Konetzka
semanticscholar   +1 more source