title: Dynamics and clinical implications of the nursing home-hospital interface.
abstract: Nursing homes and hospitals are dynamically interrelated, and there is much that the clinician can do to optimize patient transitions between institutions. This article approaches this topic in three sections: epidemiology of movement between hospitals and nursing homes, impacts of policy changes and financial incentives on patient transfers, and clinical strategies to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home patients.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006291:Health Policy; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010360:Patient Transfer; D014481:United States