Using admission characteristics to predict return to the community from a post-acute geriatric evaluation and management unit
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The use of admission characteristics that would predict return to the community is discussed based on a study of 452 patients at a post-acute geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) unit in a skilled nursing facility (SNF). The study was to compare the Nursing Severity Index (NSI) and the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) as predictors and to define a multivariate model for predicting. It was found that both the NSI and the CIRS were important for a model that would improve selection and matching of geriatric patients for post-acute services.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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Benchmarks for antibiotic use and cost in long-term care
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A study examining the usefulness of the data relating to antibiotic prescription and costs collected from community nursing homes for forecasting the infection occurrence, antibiotic use and relationship of infection with the functional status of the elderly person is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Pneumonia versus aspiration pneumonitis in nursing home residents: prospective application of clinical algorithm
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A cohort study to evaluate a clinical algorithm for the diagnosis of pneumonitis and pneumonia in nursing home residents is presented and the results analyzed.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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