Quality indicators for screening and prevention in vulnerable elders

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Gnanadesigan, Nallini ^a,e   Fung, Constance H ^b,c,d  

^a Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Preventive health services; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Vulnerable elders

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING CESSATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TETANUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; ELDER ABUSE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SMOKING;

EID: 34848920078     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01350.x     Document Type: Review

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