Falls documentation in nursing homes: Agreement between the minimum data set and chart abstractions of medical and nursing documentation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-273

  Hill Westmoreland, Elizabeth E ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls documentation; Minimum data set; Nursing homes; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCUMENTATION; FALLING; GAIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; WALKING; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARYLAND; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 15044347412     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53113.x     Document Type: Article

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