Explaining the national differences in pressure ulcer prevalence between the Netherlands and Germany - Adjusted for personal risk factors and institutional quality indicators

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Tannen, Antje ^a   Dietz, Ekkehart ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multi level analysis; National differences; Personal risk factors; Pressure ulcer; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60349096873     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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