Reliability of the nursing home survey process: A simultaneous survey approach

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 772-779

  Lee, Robert H ^a,b   Gajewski, Byron J ^a   Thompson, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiencies; F tags; Federal citations; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; POLICY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33845961163     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.6.772     Document Type: Article

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