Quality indicators for the management of medical conditions in nursing home residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages S36-

  Saliba, Debra ^a,b,e   Solomon, David ^b   Rubenstein, Laurence ^a,b,c   Young, Roy ^b,c   Schnelle, John ^a,c,d   Roth, Carol ^b   Wenger, Neil ^b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Multicampus Program in Geriatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Diabetes; Hearing; Heart disease; Heart failure; Hypertension; Nursing home; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis; Pneumonia; Quality; Stroke; Terminal disease; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINIDINE; RALOXIFENE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRIMIPRAMINE; VERAPAMIL; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 18344362272     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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