A practice-based intervention to improve primary care for falls, urinary incontinence, and dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Wenger, Neil S ^a,b,i   Roth, Carol P ^a   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,c   Young, Roy T ^b   Solomon, David H ^a   Kamberg, Caren J ^a   Chang, John T ^d   Louie, Rachel ^b   Higashi, Takahiro ^e   MacLean, Catherine H ^f   Adams, John ^a   Min, Lillian C ^b   Ransohoff, Kurt ^g   Hoffing, Marc ^h   Reuben, David B ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Zynx Health   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^g Sansum Clinic   (United States)

^h Desert Medical Group   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical care improvement; Geriatric quality of care; Practice based intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 61449203969     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02128.x     Document Type: Article

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