Reporting quality of nursing home care by an internet report card

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-343

  Van Nie, Noémi C ^a   Hollands, Louk J M ^a   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information for care consumers; Internet; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Report card

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENCHMARKING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950354628     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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