Improving assisted living care

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-58

  Gregory, Nancy ^a   Gesell, Sabina B ^a   Widmer, Tom ^a  

^a Press Ganey Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Consumer satisfaction; Family members; Long term care; Quality of healthcare; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845352825     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200701000-00011     Document Type: Article

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