Quality of care from the perspective of elderly people: The QUOTE-Elderly instrument

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-178

  Sixma, Herman J ^a   Van Campen, Crétien ^a   Kerssens, Jan J ^a   Peters, Loe ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Home care; Instruments; Patient reports; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0034070350     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.2.173     Document Type: Article

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