The relationship between agency characteristics and quality of home care

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-74

  Dalby, Dawn M ^a   Hirdes, John P ^b,c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Homewood Health Centre Guelph   (Canada)

Author keywords

InterRAI; Organizational characteristics; Quality assessment; Quality indicators; Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 45549095304     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v27n01_04     Document Type: Article

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