The Quality of Care and Support (QOCS) for people with disability scale: Development and psychometric properties

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1212-1225

  Lucas Carrasco, Ramona ^a   Eser, Erhan ^b   Hao, Yuantao ^c   McPherson, Kathryn M ^d   Green, Ann ^e   Kullmann, Lajos ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Physical disability; Psychometrics; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF CARE AND SUPPORT SCALE;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952439554     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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