Emergency department visits and hospitalizations by tube-fed nursing home residents with varying degrees of cognitive impairment: a national study

Caroline Stephens1, Nathan Sackett2, Prasanthi Govindarajan3, Sei J. Lee4
1Department of Community Health Systems, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, #N531E, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0608, USA
2UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program, 570 University Hall #1190, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
3Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
4Division of Geriatrics, Palliative & Extended Care, UCSF/San Francisco VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA

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