Pragmatic approaches that improve care for geriatric conditions: Balancing the promise and the peril of quality indicators: Editorial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-558

  Landefeld, C Seth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; STROKE; TELECONSULTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 61449186543     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02140.x     Document Type: Editorial

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