Field testing, refinement, and psychometric evaluation of a new measure of nursing home care quality

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-148

  Rantz, Marilyn J ^a   Zwygart Stauffacher, Mary ^b   Mehr, David R ^a   Petroski, Gregory F ^a   Owen, Steven V ^c   Madsen, Richard W ^a   Flesner, Marcia ^a   Conn, Vicki ^a   Bostick, Jane ^a   Smith, Robyn ^d   Maas, Meridean ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Luther Midelfort Mayo Health System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalizability Theory; Nursing homes; Psychometrics; Quality of care; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751248748     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnm-v14i2a005     Document Type: Article

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