Quality Measurement in Nursing: An Update of Where We Are Now

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-104

  Bostick, Jane E ^a   Riggs, C ^a   Rantz, Marilyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Large data sets; Nursing Minimum Data Set; Outcome measures; Public policy research; Quality measurement; Quality of nursing care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038540133     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200304000-00002     Document Type: Article

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