Nursing sensitive quality indicators for nursing home care: International review of literature, policy and practice

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 848-857

  Nakrem, Sigrid ^a   Vinsnes, Anne Guttormsen ^a   Harkless, Gene E ^a,b   Paulsen, Bård ^c   Seim, Arnfinn ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical indicators; Cross cultural comparisons; Evaluation; Geriatric nursing; Long term care; Quality of health care; Validation evidence

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; STANDARD;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NURSING; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67349254722     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.11.005     Document Type: Review

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