A description of adverse events in home healthcare

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Madigan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 33947534208     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000263437.08062.cc     Document Type: Article

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