The minimum data set weight-loss quality indicator: Does it reflect differences in care processes related to weight loss?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1410-1418

  Simmons, Sandra F ^a,b   Garcia, Emily T ^a,b   Cadogan, Mary P ^a,c   Al Samarrai, Nahla R ^a,b   Levy Storms, Lene F ^a,b   Osterweil, Dan ^a,b   Schnelle, John F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum Data Set; Nursing homes; Nutrition; Quality indicator; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STAFF; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0141958119     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51459.x     Document Type: Article

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