Psychiatric assessments of nursing home residents under OBRA-87: Should PASARR be reformed?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1173-1181

  Borson, Soo ^a,d   Pierre Loebel, J ^a,b   Kitchell, Margaret ^a,b   Domoto, Sylvia ^c   Hyde, Thomas ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c King County PASARR Administration   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 1842414821     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03766.x     Document Type: Article

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