Initiative to test a multidisciplinary model with advanced practice nurses to reduce avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents.

Author Affiliations: Sinclair School of Nursing (Drs Rantz, Alexander, Vogelsmeier, Popejoy, Flesner, and Crecelius and Ms Lueckenotte), School of Social Work, College of Human and Environmental Sciences (Dr Galambos), and Curtis W. and Ann H. Long Department of Family and Community Medicine (Dr Koopman), University of Missouri, Columbia; and College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Dr Zwygart-Stauffacher).

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