Measuring patient-level clinical outcomes of home health care

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-85

  Keepnews, David ^a,b,c,f   Capitman, John A ^d   Rosati, Robert J ^e  

^a Psi at large ^*  (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Home health; Outcomes assessment and information set (OASIS); Outcomes of care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942642362     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04017.x     Document Type: Article

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