Home care: Moving forward with continuous quality improvement

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 149-168

  Shaughnessy, Peter W ^a   Crisler, Kathryn S ^a   Arnold, Angela G ^a   Schlenker, Robert E ^a   Powell, Martha C ^a   Beaudry, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030309861     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v07n03_09     Document Type: Article

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