Assessing Quality of Nursing Home Care: The Foundation for Improving Resident Outcomes

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Rantz, Marilyn J ^a   Mehr, David R ^b   Conn, Vicki S ^c   Hicks, Lanis L ^b   Porter, Rose ^c   Madsen, Richard W ^d   Petrowski, Gregory F ^d   Maas, Meridean ^e  

^a Univ Hospital Professor of Nursing

^b West Indies

^c School of Nursing

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum Data Set; Nursing homes; Outcomes; Public policy; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MISSOURI; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0030187976     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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