Rapid assessment methods used for health-equity audit: Diabetes mellitus among frail British care-home residents

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1042-1051

  Aspray, Terry J ^a   Nesbit, Karen ^a   Cassidy, Timothy P ^a   Hawthorne, Gillian ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Health Needs Assessment; Health equity audit; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SCREENING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750025934     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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