JAMDA
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 195-203 , March 2011

Frequency and Diagnoses Associated With 7- and 30-Day Readmission of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients to a Nonteaching Community Hospital

  • Joseph G. Ouslander, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic 0.University, Boca Raton, FL
    • The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
    • Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joseph G. Ouslander, MD, The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777G, Boca Raton, FL 33431.
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  • Sanya Diaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic 0.University, Boca Raton, FL
    • ,
  • Deborah Hain, DNS, GNP

      Affiliations

    • The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
    • ,
  • Ruth Tappen, EdD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

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 This project was supported by the Retirement Research Foundation.

PII: S1525-8610(10)00078-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.015

JAMDA
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 195-203 , March 2011

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