Development and testing of a process measure of nursing home quality of care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1203-1207

  Holtzman, Jeremy ^a,c   Degelau, John ^a   Meyers, Roberta ^a   Christianson, Craig ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030983957     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03770.x     Document Type: Article

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