Validity and responsiveness of the minimum data set

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1000-1004

  Snowden, Mark ^a,c   McCormick, Wayne ^b   Russo, Joan ^a   Srebnik, Debra ^a   Comtois, Kate ^a   Bowen, Jim ^b   Teri, Linda ^b   Larson, Eric B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; MDS; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032807975     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01297.x     Document Type: Article

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