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Outcomes in heart failure patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities with delirium

open access: yesESC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be?

open access: yesAMA 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Motivation and hygiene factors for curriculum (re)development and the embedding of technology in accounting programmes

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Using Herzberg's two‐factor theory, this paper examines the hygiene and motivation factors that drive (re)development in accounting higher education programmes. Interviews with accounting educators and discipline leaders demonstrate a range of factors at play in the (re)development of accounting programmes in pursuit of embedding relevant ...
Esin Ozdil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on Discharge Outcomes of Skilled Nursing Facility Residents

open access: yesInquiry: 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
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of recommended nurse staffing levels for short-stay skilled nursing facility patients

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Haemodynamic Monitoring in the Management Of Cardiogenic Shock in Coronary Care Units

open access: yesCurationis, 1978
The management and nursing care of patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction has changed dramatically over the past decade. With the establishment of coronary care units offering facilities for cardiac monitoring and staffed with nurses holding
L.A. Schreiber
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

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