Is good nursing-home care feasible?
A program using a team consisting of a nurse practitioner and a social worker to provide care for nursing-home patients was established. An important feature is the use of a specially designed problem-oriented record. The project disclosed a number of current deficiencies in nursing-home care and demonstrated ways to remedy many of these. The overall cost of the project was offset by the savings realized from reduced hospitalization and related medical costs.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005380:Financing, Government; D008484:Medicaid; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D006278:Medicare; D008509:Medication Systems; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012947:Social Work; D014589:Utah