Inter-rater reliability of nursing home quality indicators in the U.S

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-13

  Mor, Vincent ^a   Angelelli, Joseph ^a   Jones, Richard ^b   Roy, Jason ^a   Moore, Terry ^c   Morris, John ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 2942696317     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-3-1     Document Type: Article

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