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Introducing an Evidence-Based Protocol to Reduce and Prevent Fall Events among Elderly Hospice Patients [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2021 Introduction: To examine the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce falls for elderly hospice patients who live at home and in skilled nursing facilities. Materials and Methods: This pre--post intervention study was conducted in a local
Lydia Chowa
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Fact Sheet: Demographic and Job Characteristics of California’s Skilled Nursing Facilities Workforce [PDF]
, 2022 This fact sheet presents the characteristics of workers in California’s Skilled Nursing Facilities industry, as well as the characteristics of workers in the industry earning less than $20 per hour.
Lopezlira, Enrique +2 more
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Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021 Context: Sepsis hospitalisations with subsequent skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions have had an annual cost of $41 billion in the United States.
Mary Han +4 more
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Quality of Post-Acute Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities That Disproportionately Serve Black and Hispanic Patients [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundUnderstanding and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities is an important health policy issue, particularly as the Medicare program initiates value-based payments for these ...
Rahman, Momotazur +9 more
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Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be?
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2005 Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
Hasan, Shanawani, Kathleen Nathan, Lowe
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Outcomes in heart failure patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities with delirium
ESC Heart Failure, 2022 Aim Heart failure (HF) outcomes are disproportionately worse in patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) as opposed to home. We hypothesized that dementia and delirium were key factors influencing these differences.
Jacob Lafo +8 more
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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2004 In July 1998, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the payment method for Medicare (Part A) skilled nursing facility (SNF) care from a cost-based system to a prospective payment system (PPS). Unlike the previous cost-based payment
Walter P. Wodchis +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2008 Background Many hospitalizations for residents of skilled nursing facilities are potentially avoidable. Factors that could prevent hospitalization for urinary tract infection (UTI) were investigated, with focus on patient mobility.
Kaufman Samuel R +5 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2005 Background Among patients in skilled nursing facilities for post-acute care, increased registered nurse, total licensed staff, and nurse assistant staffing is associated with a decreased rate of hospital transfer for selected diagnoses. However, the cost-
Schnelle John F +2 more
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, 2018 The proportion of patients who were transferred to skilled nursing units/rehabilitation facilities/long-term care facilities from the hospital.
Jori O. Ruuskanen (3367865) +4 more
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