Daily practice teams in nursing homes: Evidence from New York State

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-80

  Temkin Greener, Helena ^a,b   Cai, Shubing ^b   Katz, Paul ^b   Zhao, Hongwei ^c   Mukamel, Dana B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Teamwork; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; NURSING HOME; TEAM NURSING;

EID: 64749105678     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp011     Document Type: Article

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