Improving patient outcomes of home health care: Findings from two demonstration trials of outcome-based quality improvement

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1354-1364

  Shaughnessy, Peter W ^a,b   Hittle, David F ^a,b   Crisler, Kathryn S ^a,b   Powell, Martha C ^a,b   Richard, Angela A ^a,b   Kramer, Andrew M ^b   Schlenker, Robert E ^a,b   Steiner, John F ^a   Donelan McCall, Nancy S ^a,b   Beaudry, James M ^a,b   Mulvey Lawlor, Kendra L ^a,b   Engle, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health care; Hospitalization rates; Patient outcomes; Quality improvement; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036678019     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50356.x     Document Type: Article

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