Measuring continuity of elders' posthospital care

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-60

  Bull, Margaret J ^a   Luo, Danni ^b   Maruyama, Geoffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034203219     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.8.1.41     Document Type: Article

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