Information is care: The need for data to assess the quality of care in UK nursing and residential homes

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 523-527

  Hughes, Carmel M ^a   Patterson, Susan ^b   Schweizer, Anna ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastern Health and Social Services Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care homes; nursing and residential homes; prescribing; quality; safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING HOMES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2142715868     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: 1744764X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2.6.523     Document Type: Review

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