Measuring the outcomes of long-term care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1766-1774

  Forder, Julien E ^a,b   Caiels, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability and functioning; Day care; Home care; Long term care; Outcome measurement; Quality of life; Social care; UK; Validity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT SOCIAL CARE OUTCOMES TOOLKIT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; EQ5D; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81555199992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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