Hospital Transfers of Nursing Home Residents (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Hospital Transfers of Nursing Home Residents

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Up to 80% of emergency department visits and more than one-third of hospitalizations in severely impaired and terminally ill nursing home residents were potentially avoidable.

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Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University

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Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University

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