Accuracy, validity and reliability in assessment and in evaluation of services for older people: The role of the interRAI MDS assessment system

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Carpenter, G Iain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MINIMUM DATA SET ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745341177     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl038     Document Type: Editorial

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