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Avoiding Diagnostic Errors in Admitting Patients to a Nursing Home
Author(s) -
LOESER WILLIAM D.,
DICKSTEIN EMIL S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb01253.x
Subject(s) - medicine , medical diagnosis , nursing homes , nursing , radiology
Sometimes the members of the medical profession have been castigated for unpreparedness and shortcomings in the management of nursing home populations because their pre‐admission diagnoses often have not agreed with the post‐admission evaluations. In contrast, the authors' survey of a local situation revealed a high degree of diagnostic accuracy in admissions to a nursing home. Discussed are appropriate steps that nursing‐home admission evaluators can take to ensure the avoidance of errors in the entrance diagnosis.