Initial field testing of an instrument to measure: Observable indicators of nursing home care quality

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Rantz, Marilyn J ^a   Mehr, David R ^b   Petroski, Gregory F ^b   Madsen, Richard W ^a,b   Popejoy, Lori L ^a   Hicks, Lanis L ^b   Conn, Vicki S ^a   Grando, Victoria T ^a   Wipke Tevis, Deidre D ^a   Bostick, Jane ^a   Porter, Rose ^a   Zwygart Stauffacher, Mary ^c   Maas, Meridean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; MDS data; Nursing home care; Quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034171381     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200004000-00002     Document Type: Article

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