The resident assessment instrument (RAI): Promise and pitfalls

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 975-976

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030755779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02969.x     Document Type: Article

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