Building quality report cards for geriatric care in The Netherlands: Using concept mapping to identify the appropriate "building blocks" from the consumer's perspective

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-92

  Groenewoud, A Stef ^a,b   Van Exel, N Job A ^b   Berg, Marc ^b   Huijsman, Robbert ^b  

^a Plexus Medical Group   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice; Health care consumers; Indicators; Performance; Quality information; Regulated competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONSUMER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOME CARE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 41849086270     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.1.79     Document Type: Article

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