Is patient-perceived severity of a geriatric condition related to better quality of care?

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Min, Lillian C ^a   Reuben, David B ^b   Keeler, Emmett ^b   Ganz, David A ^b,d   Fung, Constance H ^b   Shekelle, Paul ^b,c,d   Roth, Carol P ^c   Wenger, Neil S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; quality of care; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEAR; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78650691977     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f53523     Document Type: Article

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