Quantifying client need for care in the community: A strategy for managed care

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 246-253

  Hays, Bevely J ^a,c   Sather, Linda ^a   Peters, Donna Ambler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Clinical Nutrition Services   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033175151     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.1999.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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