Measuring relative work values for home care nursing services in Japan

Nursing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Ogata, Yasuko ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^b   Fukuda, Takashi ^c   Mori, Katsumi ^b   Hashimoto, Michio ^d   Otosaka, Kayo ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Kouhoku Home Visit Nursing Care Stn   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home care services; Japan; Reimbursement; Relative Value Scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; WORK; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EXERTION; FEE SCHEDULES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICES; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3042842448     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200405000-00001     Document Type: Article

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