Performance indicators for hospital services for older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-346

  Challiner, Yvonne ^a   Carpenter, G Iain ^a,b   Potter, Jonathan ^a,c   Maxwell, Colleen ^a,d  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case mix; Performance indicators; Rehabilitation; Standardised assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REHABILITATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0038446500     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.3.343     Document Type: Article

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