Development and evidence base of a new efficient assessment instrument for international use by nurses in community settings with older people

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1180-1183

  Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Long, Judith F ^b   Philp, Ian ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Efficiency; Geriatric assessment; Independence; International; Older people; Primary care; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OLDER PEOPLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY CARE; EFFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL; OLDER PEOPLE; PRIMARY CARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84880639090     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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