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Measuring Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Transfers From Long-Term Care Homes in Quebec: a Cross Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Potentially avoidable emergency department transfers (PAEDTs) and hospitalizations (PAHs) from long-term care (LTC) homes are two key quality improvement metrics. We aimed to: 1) Measure proportions of PAEDTs and PAHs in a Quebec sample; and 2) Compare them with those reported for the re...

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Autores principales: Cetin-Sahin, Deniz, Karanofsky, Mark, Cummings, Greta G., Vedel, Isabelle, Wilchesky, Machelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10444526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37662066
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.26.620