Improving care for nursing home-acquired pneumonia in a managed care environment

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 681-686

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a   Reznickova, Nora ^c   Morgenstern, Nora ^c   Frederickson, Elizabeth ^b   Kramer, Andrew M ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 7244239294     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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