Barriers to timely care of acute infections in nursing homes: A preliminary qualitative study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Longo, Daniel R ^a   Young, Jake ^a   Mehr, David ^a   Lindbloom, Erik ^a   Salerno, Lucille D ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Infections; Nursing home quality; Processes of care; Provider patient communication; Quality assurance and improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MISSOURI; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 1842615168     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70080-8     Document Type: Article

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