Improvements in the quality of co-ordination of nursing care following implementation of the Resident Assessment Instrument in Dutch nursing homes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-275

  Achterberg, Wilco P ^a,b   Holtkamp, Chantal C M ^c   Kerkstra, Ada ^c   Pot, Anne Margriet ^b   Ooms, Marcel E ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^b  

^a Cascade Zorgcentrum Rosendael   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co ordination of nursing care; Meta analysis; Minimum Data Set; Nursing home; Quality of care; Resident Assessment Instrument

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STANDARD;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035404066     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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