Improving Care Transitions for Hospitalized Veterans Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Focus on Polypharmacy and Geriatric Syndromes

Geriatric syndromes and polypharmacy are common in older patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and increase 30-day readmission risk. In a U.S.A. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-funded Quality Improvement study to improve care transitions from the VA hospital to area SNFs, Vete...

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Autores principales: Mixon, Amanda S., Yeh, Vivian M., Simmons, Sandra, Powers, James, Ely, Eugene Wesley, Schnelle, John, Vasilevskis, Eduard E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31023987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4010019

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31023987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4010019

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