Development of quality indicators for monitoring outcomes of frail elderly hospitalised in acute care health settings: Study Protocol

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brand, Caroline A ^a,b   Martin Khan, Melinda ^c   Wright, Olivia ^c   Jones, Richard N ^d,e   Morris, John N ^e   Travers, Catherine M ^c   Tropea, Joannne ^a   Gray, Leonard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054706201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-281     Document Type: Article

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