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Managing “socially admitted” patients in hospital: a qualitative study of health care providers’ perceptions
Jasmine C. Mah, Christie Stilwell, Madeline Kubiseski, Gaurav Arora, Karen Nicholls, Sheliza Khan, Jonathan Veinot, Lucy Eum, Susan Freter, Katalin Koller, Maia von Maltzahn, Kenneth Rockwood, Samuel D. Searle, Melissa K. Andrew and Emily Gard Marshall
CMAJ May 06, 2024 196 (17) E580-E590; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.231430
Jasmine C. Mah
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDChristie Stilwell
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MAMadeline Kubiseski
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MHA, MScGaurav Arora
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
BScKaren Nicholls
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
BA, BHEcolSheliza Khan
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MN, NPJonathan Veinot
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
RN, DPNLucy Eum
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDSusan Freter
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MD, MScKatalin Koller
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDMaia von Maltzahn
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDKenneth Rockwood
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDSamuel D. Searle
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDMelissa K. Andrew
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MD, PhDEmily Gard Marshall
Department of Medicine (Mah, Eum), and Faculties of Health (Stilwell) and Medicine (Kubiseski, Arora), Dalhousie University; Frailty and Elder Care Network (Nicholls), Care Coordination Centre (Khan), and Queen Elizabeth II Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department (Veinot), Nova Scotia Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine (Freter, Koller, von Maltzahn, Rockwood, Searle, Andrew), Department of Medicine, and Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit (Marshall), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
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Managing “socially admitted” patients in hospital: a qualitative study of health care providers’ perceptions
Jasmine C. Mah, Christie Stilwell, Madeline Kubiseski, Gaurav Arora, Karen Nicholls, Sheliza Khan, Jonathan Veinot, Lucy Eum, Susan Freter, Katalin Koller, Maia von Maltzahn, Kenneth Rockwood, Samuel D. Searle, Melissa K. Andrew, Emily Gard Marshall
CMAJ May 2024, 196 (17) E580-E590; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.231430
Managing “socially admitted” patients in hospital: a qualitative study of health care providers’ perceptions
Jasmine C. Mah, Christie Stilwell, Madeline Kubiseski, Gaurav Arora, Karen Nicholls, Sheliza Khan, Jonathan Veinot, Lucy Eum, Susan Freter, Katalin Koller, Maia von Maltzahn, Kenneth Rockwood, Samuel D. Searle, Melissa K. Andrew, Emily Gard Marshall
CMAJ May 2024, 196 (17) E580-E590; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.231430
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