The Basis For Improving and Reforming Long-Term Care. Part 4: Identifying Meaningful Improvement Approaches (Segment 1)

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Levenson, Steven A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nursing home reform; oversight and regulation of care; public policy; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; DECUBITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG COST; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 75149188598     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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