TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE)
AU - Boltz, Marie
AU - Kluger, Malvina
AU - Harrington, Charlene
AU - Doerflinger, Deirdre M Carolan
AU - Kinney, Gwendolyn
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Hospital use by people ages 65 and older has increased substantially. The percentage of discharged patients in this age group rose from 20% in 1970 to 38% in 2002, while the percentage of discharged patients younger than 65 either decreased or did not rise. In 2002 patients ages 65 and older accounted for 45% of hospital days of care; the average length of stay was 5.8 days, longer than in any other age group. This Nursing Counts describes NICHE, a program designed to respond to the special needs of hospitalized older adults.
AB - Hospital use by people ages 65 and older has increased substantially. The percentage of discharged patients in this age group rose from 20% in 1970 to 38% in 2002, while the percentage of discharged patients younger than 65 either decreased or did not rise. In 2002 patients ages 65 and older accounted for 45% of hospital days of care; the average length of stay was 5.8 days, longer than in any other age group. This Nursing Counts describes NICHE, a program designed to respond to the special needs of hospitalized older adults.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000446-200505000-00039
DO - 10.1097/00000446-200505000-00039
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 15867549
AN - SCOPUS:18644373623
SN - 0002-936X
VL - 105
SP - 101
EP - 102
JO - American Journal of Nursing
JF - American Journal of Nursing
IS - 5
ER -