Avoiding diagnostic errors in admitting patients to a nursing home.

Autor: Loeser WD, Dickstein ES
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [J Am Geriatr Soc] 1979 Dec; Vol. 27 (12), pp. 558-9.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb01253.x
Abstrakt: Sometimes the members of the medical profession have been castigated for unpreparedness and shortcomings in the management of nursing home populations because their pre-admission diagnoses often have not agreed with the post-admission evaluations. In contrast, the authors' survey of a local situation revealed a high degree of diagnostic accuracy in admissions to a nursing home. Discussed are appropriate steps that nursing-home admission evaluators can take to ensure the avoidance of errors in the entrance diagnosis.
Databáze: MEDLINE