Team structure and adverse events in home health ccare

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 553-561

  Feldman, Penny Hollander ^a   Bridges, John ^b,c   Peng, Timothy ^a  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Home care; Patient safety; Quality of care; Teams

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249090709     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31803bb49c     Document Type: Article

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