Pain management in a long-term care facility: Compliance with JCAHO standards

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Mullins, Craig R ^a   Wild, Teresa L ^a  

^a Baptist Hospital of Cocke County   (United States)

Author keywords

JCAHO; Long term care; Medicaid; Pain; Reimbursement; Standards; TennCare; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RECORDING; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STANDARD; TITRIMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0042236780     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J354v17n02_05     Document Type: Article

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