The volume-outcome relationship in nursing home care: An examination of functional decline among long-term care residents

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Li, Yue ^a   Cai, Xueya ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Glance, Laurent G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Functional decline; Long term care; Nursing home; Volume outcome association

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73949098994     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd4603     Document Type: Article

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