Measuring person-centred care in a sub-acute health care setting

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 496-504

  Davis, Sandra ^a   Byers, Suzanne ^b   Walsh, Fay ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services Division   (Australia)

^c Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBACUTE CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 56849094448     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080496     Document Type: Article

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