The Q-Metrics® system for long-term care outcomes management

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-244

  Mor, Vincent ^a   Morris, John ^a,b   Lipsitz, Lewis ^a,b   Fogel, Barry ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG TERM CARE; MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030611833     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(96)00412-1     Document Type: Article

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