The Complexity of Determining Whether a Nursing Home Transfer Is Avoidable at Time of Transfer.
Kathleen T UnroeJennifer L CarnahanSusan E HickmanGreg A SachsZachary HassGreg ArlingPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
Although it is widely recognized that many transfers of nursing facility residents are potentially avoidable, determining "avoidability" at time of transfer is complex. Symptoms and risk conditions were only weakly predictive of hospital diagnoses.