Intermediate care: For better or worse? Process evaluation of an intermediate care model between a university hospital and a residential home

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Plochg, Thomas ^a   Delnoij, Diana M J ^b   Van Der Kruk, Tineke F ^a   Janmaat, Tonnie A C M ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONITORING; NURSING HOME; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COOPERATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23044467184     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-38     Document Type: Article

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