Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Client Characteristics (Human… | 1 |
| Decision Making | 1 |
| Family Environment | 1 |
| Hospitals | 1 |
| Human Body | 1 |
| Influences | 1 |
| Medical Services | 1 |
| Nursing Homes | 1 |
| Patients | 1 |
| Regression (Statistics) | 1 |
| Social Work | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Health & Social Work | 1 |
Author
| Auerbach, Charles | 1 |
| LaPorte, Heidi Heft | 1 |
| Mason, Susan E. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkMason, Susan E.; Auerbach, Charles; LaPorte, Heidi Heft – Health & Social Work, 2009
This study addresses the factors influencing decisions to send medicine-surgical (med-surg) patients home or to nursing facilities (NFs). The sample (n = 7,852) was taken from a large, urban, teaching, med-surg unit where discharges were documented and data collected over a two-and-a-half-year period. Using logistical regression, the factors found…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Patients, Human Body, Social Work
