The human factors of home health care: A conceptual model for examining safety and quality concerns

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Henriksen, Kerm ^a   Joseph, Anjali ^b   Zayas Cabán, Teresa ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b The Center for Health Design California   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Home health care; Human factors; Quality of care; Safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949084733     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181bd1c2a     Document Type: Article

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