Article
Do Not Hospitalize Orders in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Disciplines
Abstract
To determine (1) the point prevalence of do not hospitalize (DNH) policies in nursing facilities directed by members of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation Long-term Care Research Network, (2) the frequency with which physicians are writing DNH orders, and (3) respondent perceptions about the appropriateness of the number of DNH orders as too few or too many and reasons for such perceptions.
DOI
10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.009
Citation Information
John Culberson, Cari Levy and Larry Wayne Lawhorne. "Do Not Hospitalize Orders in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study" Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Vol. 6 Iss. 1 (2005) p. 22 - 26 ISSN: 15258610 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/larry_lawhorne/39/