Hospital Characteristics Associated With Feeding Tube Place
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Feeding Tube Placement in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Cognitive ... (Journal of the American Medical Association)

Context Tube-feeding is of questionable benefit for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Approximately two-thirds of US nursing home residents who are tube fed had their feeding tube inserted during an acute care hospitalization. Objective To identify US hospital characteristics associated with higher rates of feeding tube insertion in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive ...