Risk adjustment of quality indicators in French long term care facilities for elderly people. A preliminary study

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Moty, C ^a,b,c   Barberger Gateau, P ^a   De Sarasqueta, A M ^b   Teare, G F ^c,d   Henrard, J C ^e  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Comite Coord Eval Clin/Qualite A ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Health care; Long term care; Nursing homes; Quality indicator; Risk adjustment; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0041424938     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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