Measuring care transition quality for older patients with musculoskeletal disorders

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Mcleod, Jordache ^a   Stolee, Paul ^a   Walker, Jennifer ^a   Heckman, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care transition; Inpatient rehabilitation; Older adult; Performance measurement scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARE TRANSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INPATIENT REHABILITATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OLDER ADULT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARE TRANSITION; INPATIENT REHABILITATION; OLDER ADULT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SCALE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84895125697     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1043     Document Type: Article

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