Future development of nursing home quality indicators

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-156

  Arling, Greg ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Lewis, Teresa ^b   Mueller, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Nursing home; Quality indicators; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15944409497     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.2.147     Document Type: Review

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