Nursing Care Quality in Nursing Homes: Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Analysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-295

  Wan, Thomas T H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing care adequacy; Nursing care outcomes; Nursing home; Quality of nursing care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; AGED; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038499595     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022579512926     Document Type: Article

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