Predicting outcomes of community-based continuing care: Four-year prospective study of functional assessment versus clinical judgment

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue DEC., 1996, Pages 2360-2367

  Worrall, Graham ^a,b,e   Chaulk, Paul ^c   Briffett, Eliza ^d  

^a Centre for Rural Health Studies   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Department of Health and Social Services ^*  (Canada)

^d Glovertown Medical Clinic   (Canada)

^e Dr William H Newhook Memorial Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JUDGMENT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030330955     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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