The emergency care model : A new paradigm for skilled nursing facilities

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The population of individuals age 65 and older is increasing in the United States. One third of these individuals will utilize nursing home care before death. Nursing home residents ("NHR") average 1.8 emergency department visits annually. Improving the quality of nursing home care is of vital importance. This project describes a new paradigm for the management of acute emergent health issues affecting NHR. The model features a multidisciplinary team coordinated by emergency providers resulting in a 55% reduction in unplanned hospital admissions compared to skilled nursing facility regional data. Additionally, a reduction in ancillary lab costs was observed. Implementation of this paradigm on a national scale could result in a projected cost savings in excess of $10 billion per year for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS").

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) - 41(2020), 3 vom: 03. Mai, Seite 242-247

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brickman, Kristopher R [VerfasserIn]
Silvestri, Joseph A [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

Emergency Care Model
Geriatrics
Journal Article
Reduced Hospital Admissions
Skilled nursing care

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.03.2021

Date Revised 24.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.10.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302735496