Priorities of Health Care Outcomes for the Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 479-484

  Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Ishii, Shinya ^a   Kojima, Taro ^a   Kozaki, Koichi ^b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^c   Arai, Hidenori ^d   Arai, Hiroyuki ^e   Eto, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^f   Endo, Hidetoshi ^g   Horie, Shigeo ^h   Ezawa, Kazuhiko ⁱ   Kawai, Shuji ⁱ   Takehisa, Yozo ^j   Mikami, Hiroshi ^k   Takegawa, Shogo ^l   Morita, Akira ^m   Kamata, Minoru ^l   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a   Toba, Kenji ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^h TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Geriatric Health Services Facility   (Japan)

^j JPN Association of Medical and Care Facilities   (Japan)

^k JPN Radioisotope Association   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^m GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Geriatrics; Health care policy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT;

EID: 84879606028     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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