Acute hospital admissions from nursing homes: some may be avoidable

被引：42

作者：

Bowman, CE ^{[1
]}

Elford, J ^{[1
]}

Dovey, J ^{[1
]}

Campbell, S ^{[1
]}

Barrowclough, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Western Gen Hosp, Dept Clin Geratol, Weston Super Mare BS23 4TQ, Avon, England

来源：

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2001年 / 77卷 / 903期

关键词：

nursing homes; acute hospital admission; geriatric patients;

D O I：

10.1136/pmj.77.903.40

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

A retrospective survey of acute hospital admissions from nursing homes over a year to a district hospital revealed high overall hospital admission rates and wide variations of admission rates from similar homes. Medical admissions dominated, infections and poorly controlled heart failure being notably common. A significant proportion of admissions may have been avoided by active chronic disease management, together with better information for doctors responding to emergency calls and specialist support programmes facilitating in situ treatment.

引用

页码：40 / 42

页数：3

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