A randomized trial of two quality improvement strategies implemented in a statewide public community-based, long-term care program

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1048-1057

  Kinney, Eleanor D ^a   Kennedy, John ^a   Loveland Cook, Cynthia A ^b   Freedman, Jay A ^c   Lane, Kathleen A ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; In home services; Long term care; Medicaid; Quality assessment and improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIANA; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141765868     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000083744.77092.32     Document Type: Article

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