Using the case mix of pressure ulcer healing to evaluate nursing home performance

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Kapoor, Alok ^a,d   Kader, Boris ^b   Cabral, Howard ^c   Ash, Arlene S ^a   Berlowitz, Dan ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Section of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Pressure ulcer healing; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WOUND HEALING;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PARALYSIS; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TERMINALLY ILL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 50849107316     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860608316109     Document Type: Article

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