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This research aims to understand how nursing home leaders decide on hospitalizing residents and the various factors that affect these decisions.

Nursing Home Capabilities and Decisions to Hospitalize: A Survey of Medical Directors and Directors of Nursing

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Cross-sectional survey explores hospitalization decisions in nursing homes, highlighting key influencing factors.

This research aims to understand how nursing home leaders decide on hospitalizing residents and the various factors that affect these decisions.
Cross-sectional survey of medical directors and directors of nursing from 448 nursing homes across 25 states.
Assessment of attitudes toward hospitalization, resource availability, and causes of overhospitalization.
Collected responses from participants to determine consensus on factors influencing hospitalization decisions.
81% survey response rate with participation from 93% of facilities.
Both groups prioritized resident preference and quality of life as key determinants for hospitalization.
Medical directors emphasized lack of information on end-of-life care as a major cause of overhospitalization.

Buchanan et al. (2006) studied this question.

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