A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part II: The Administrators' Perspective and How It Differs From Nurses' Views

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 279-286

  Carusone, Soo Chan ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical pathway; nursing home; pneumonia; Qualitative case study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING CARE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33744802363     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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