Using older home care user experiences in performance monitoring

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-332

  Jones, Karen ^a   Netten, Ann ^a   Francis, Jennifer ^a   Bebbington, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home care; Older people; Performance indicators; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 34250310469     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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