Using assessing care of vulnerable elders quality indicators to measure quality of hospital care for vulnerable elders

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1705-1711

  Arora, Vineet M ^a   Johnson, Martha ^b   Olson, Jared ^b   Podrazik, Paula M ^a   Levine, Stacie ^a   DuBeau, Catherine E ^a   Sachs, Greg A ^a   Meltzer, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail elders; Hospitalization; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCREENING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 35748955780     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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