A comparison of home care quality indicator rates in two Canadian provinces

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mofina, Amanda M ^a   Guthrie, Dawn M ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home care; Quality indicators; RAI HC; Standardized assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; ONTARIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84892762092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-37     Document Type: Article

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