Medical services for older people in nursing homes - Comparing services in England and The Netherlands

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Conroy, S ^a   Van Der Cammen, T ^b,c   Schols, J ^d,e   Van Balen, R ^c   Peteroff, P ^c   Luxton, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Tilburg University ^*

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuing care; England; Geriatric assessment; Health status; Long term care; Medical care; Older people; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOME FOR THE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 73449114679     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0107-9     Document Type: Review

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