Hospital Readmissions Among Post-acute Nursing Home Residents: Does Obesity Matter?
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Publication type:
Journal Article
Journal/Series title:
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
ISSN/ISBN:
1525-8610
Abstract:
ObjectivesTo explore profiles of obese residents who receive post-acute care in nursing homes (NHs) and to assess the relationship between obesity and hospital readmissions and how it is modified by individual comorbidities, age, and type of index hospitalizations.