The effects of changes in nursing home staffing on pressure ulcer rates

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Hickey, Elaine C ^a,b   Young, Gary J ^b   Parker, Victoria A ^a,b   Czarnowski, Elaine J ^a   Saliba, Debra ^a   Berlowitz, Dan R ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17844367827     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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