Organizational interventions to improve health outcomes of older persons

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 416-428

  Reuben, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Case management; Functional status; Geriatric assessment; Health care delivery; Managed care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036583034     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200205000-00007     Document Type: Article

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