Factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalization among nursing home residents in new york state with chronic kidney disease
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 05/18/2012
Mathew R et al. – To reduce potentially preventable ACS hospitalization among chronic kidney disease patients, congestive heart failure and excessive medication use can be kept stable using relatively simple interventions by periodic multidisciplinary review of medications and assessing appropriate response to therapy; and communication training be provided to nursing staff on how to articulate to the responsible physician important changes in the patients’ condition.



