Development and testing of a questionnaire to measure older people's experience of the Transition Care Program in Australia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 172-178

  Masters, Stacey ^a   Giles, Lynne ^b   Halbert, Julie ^c   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Health care; Health services for older people; Intermediate care facilities; Process assessment (health care); Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650077019     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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