The Validity of the Minimum Data Set in Measuring the Cognitive Impairment of Persons Admitted to Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1601-1606

  Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^a,b   Mortimore, Edward ^a,c   Magaziner, Jay ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Geriatric assessment; Minimum data set; Nursing homes; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORIENTATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034540858     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03870.x     Document Type: Article

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