Scientific evaluation of community-based Parkinson's disease nurse specialists on patient outcomes and health care costs

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-110

  Hurwitz, Brian ^a   Jarman, Brian ^b   Cook, Adrian ^b   Bajekal, Madhavi ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursecare; Evaluation; Nurse specialists; Parkinson's disease; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 39; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 15944378584     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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