Predicting nursing facility residents' quality of life using external indicators

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-356

  Degenholtz, Howard B ^a   Kane, Rosalie A ^b   Kane, Robert L ^b   Bershadsky, Boris ^c   Kling, Kristen C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health policy; Hierarchial modeling; Long term care; Nursing facilities; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33644851754     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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