Once they deteriorate, they require a higher level of care.
"We transferred them to a hospital with a higher level of care," Wallace said.
Although many incoming residents are mobile and still drive, they typically come in prepared to move eventually to the Hebrew Home for a higher level of care.
"They thought that he needed a higher level of care than the unit could provide, so they sent him to the clinic.
If he could be reclassified as needing the higher level of support, James would not have the constant worry of falling into arrears and would be able to pay for a higher level of care.
But later in the hotel room, after three hours of watching him shake with high fever, and vomit repeatedly, it was clear to me that he needed a higher level of care.
Donna C. Isgett, senior vice president of McLeod Health in Florence, S.C., said Dr. Berwick had been "instrumental in catapulting us to a much higher level of care".
When Afghan children needed a higher level of care for cardiac surgery, critically illness or chemotherapy, we always transferred them to Pakistan.
The primary outcomes were in-hospital death, transfer to higher level of care or transition to hospice.
She was then emergently transferred to an academic tertiary referral center for a higher level of care.
Referral process A voluntary referral process and/or an automated trigger (e.g., transfer to higher level of care) is available to identify cases for review.
