2021
A Longitudinal Analysis of Functional Disability, Recovery, and Nursing Home Utilization After Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Community‐Living Older Persons
Gettel CJ, Venkatesh AK, Leo‐Summers L, Murphy TE, Gahbauer EA, Hwang U, Gill TM. A Longitudinal Analysis of Functional Disability, Recovery, and Nursing Home Utilization After Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Community‐Living Older Persons. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 469-475. PMID: 34328835, PMCID: PMC8340961, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAftercareAgedAged, 80 and overAmbulatory CareHospitalizationHumansNursing HomesPatient DischargeConceptsAmbulatory care sensitive conditionsTotal disability scoreDisability scoresFunctional recoveryOlder personsNH admissionFunctional disabilityAdverse patient-reported outcomesPatient-reported disability scoresCommunity-living older personsSensitive conditionsMean disability scoreCommunity-living personsMonths of dischargePatient-reported outcomesNursing home utilizationMonthly probabilityFunctional outcomeMean ageMonths 1HospitalizationHome utilizationAdmissionAnalytic sampleMonths
2019
A Retrospective Analysis of Nursing Home to ED Transfer Correspondence Length and ED Length of Stay.
Long SE, Marks SJ, Gettel CJ, Goldberg EM. A Retrospective Analysis of Nursing Home to ED Transfer Correspondence Length and ED Length of Stay. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2019, 102: 29-32. PMID: 31675784, PMCID: PMC7330887.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
The Impact of Incomplete Nursing Home Transfer Documentation on Emergency Department Care
Gettel CJ, Merchant RC, Li Y, Long S, Tam A, Marks SJ, Goldberg EM. The Impact of Incomplete Nursing Home Transfer Documentation on Emergency Department Care. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2018, 20: 935-941.e3. PMID: 30385229, PMCID: PMC6996106, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge health care systemHospital admissionTransfer documentationFunctional statusQuality improvement toolsDocumentation completenessHigher Charlson Comorbidity Index scoresCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreTransfer documentsComorbidity Index scoreEmergency department careEmergency department cliniciansMultivariable linear regressionCore itemsNeed of nursingHealth care systemPatient ageNH residentsRetrospective studyMental statusDocumentation completionMultivariable modelIndex scoreLogistic regressionFacility characteristics