title: Response to letter to the editor regarding the paper "potentially avoidable hospitalization for elderly long-stay residents in nursing homes".
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Spector
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062072:Patient Acuity