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Studies from Harvard University, Medical Department describe new findings in ageing

Published in Health Insurance Week, December 30th, 2007

According to a study from the United States, "Although often important to recover from acute medical problems and exacerbations of chronic illness, hospitalizations can be traumatic for nursing home residents and costly for payers. It is important that unnecessary hospitalizations are avoided wherever possible."

"The authors derived and validated a diagnosisbased model to estimate the clinical necessity of hospitalizing nursing home residents with common conditions using data from an expert panel survey. Model validation involved a linked minimum data set-hospitalization claims data set. The expert panel of 12 experienced geriatricians rated the necessity of...

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