Nursing home medical staff organization: Correlates with quality indicators

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Katz, Paul R ^a   Karuza, Jurgis ^a   Lima, Julie ^b   Intrator, Orna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical staff organization; Nursing home; Physician practice; Quality outcomes

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME MEDICAL STAFF ORGANIZATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 82455188352     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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