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- Title
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Feeding Tube Placement in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Cognitive Impairment.
- Authors
Teno, Joan M.; Mitchell, Susan L.; Gozalo, Pedro L.; Dosa, David; Hsu, Amy; Intrator, Orna; Mor, Vincent
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which examined the characteristics of hospitals that are associated with feeding tube insertion in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment. The study included nursing home residents aged 66 years ad older diagnosed with advanced cognitive impairment and were admitted to acute care hospitals between 2000 and 2007. It found that various hospital characteristics are associated with feeding tube insertion rates, such as ownership, bed size, medical school affiliation and urban localization. Study authors also concluded that for-profit ownership, large hospitals and greater intensive care unit (ICU) influence feeding tube insertion.
- Subjects
HOSPITALS; TUBE feeding; NURSING home patients; COGNITION disorders; HOSPITAL size; INTENSIVE care units
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010, Vol 303, Issue 6, p544
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2010.79