Structured implicit review: A new method for monitoring nursing care quality

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1074-1091

  Pearson, Marjorie L ^a   Lee, Jan L ^b   Chang, Betty L ^c   Elliott, Marc ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a,d   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit review; Nursing care; Peer review; Processes of care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 0034323214     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200011000-00003     Document Type: Review

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