Therefore, this study set itself two main objectives: (i) to describe the baseline characteristics of NH residents who visit the ED in a large Italian region; (ii) to assess the characteristics, trends and factors associated with these visits. ...
ICD-10workforceBackground: Physical distancing and visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic particullarly posed significant challenges in providing timely medical care in nursing homes. Virtual visits were pivotal in providing both scheduled and urgent patient care in addition ...
visit volume configuration of care Introduction In 1985, legislative changes extended the Medicare Hospice Benefit to cover the hospice care of Medicare and Medicaid dually eligible nursing home (NH) residents.1 While this change enabled an obviously appropriate population to access hospice, questions ar...
Several potential confounders were considered: age (in years), gender (male or female), and the number of diagnosis based on the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) with a predefined list of 27 problems varying from somatic to cognitive diseases, e.g.,...
OutcomesTotaln = 7256Homen = 6338SNFn = 918P Outcomes at index visit Complications Pulmonary failure 3080 (42.5%) 2563 (40.4%) 517 (56.3%) <0.001 Pneumonia 146 (2%) 114 (1.8%) 32 (3.5%) <0.001 Myocardial infarction 85 (1.2%) 70 (1.1%) 15 (1.6%) 0.16 DVT/PE 217 (3%) 169 (...
A young girl newly diagnose with bipolar disorder: When I visit my sister at weekends, we stay awake until early morning—that is probably not wise, or? Is it an explanation why? … 15.4.4Service User Involvement in Planning and Evaluation of Nursing ...
Operationalisation of the QI was carried out by means of diagnoses (ICD-10-GM), operation and procedure codes, item numbers from the fee scale for German medical doctors and drug substance groups (according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemi- cal Classification System). Distribution and trends of...
10. Maintaining Skin Integrity & Preventing Pressure Ulcers 11. Managing Decreased Tolerance to Activity and Fatigue 12. Reducing Anxiety, Fear and Improving Coping 13. Initiating Health Teaching and Patient Education Evaluation Discharge and Home Care Guidelines ...
(e.g. serious problems with hearing or speaking with no corrective device) or refusal to consent to participation in the study. Patients acutely hospitalized or visiting emergency departments at the time of researchers’ visit of a NH could not be assessed but were interviewed later than 1 week...
To assess the risk for being placed in a nursing home we used the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS: 1–7; 1 is normal) [21]. Somatic co-morbidity was assessed using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The DSM IV disorders (axes I and II) were classified by a ...