National audit of continence care: Laying the foundation

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 533-543

  Mian, Sarah ^a   Wagg, Adrian ^a   Irwin, Penny ^a   Lowe, Derek ^a   Potter, Jonathan ^a   Pearson, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Continence; Older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 29044434110     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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