Quality of care in one Italian nursing home measured by ACOVE process indicators

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Manuti, Benedetto ^a   Costantino, Rosa ^a   Bianco, Aida ^a   Nobile, Carmelo G A ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSING CARE OF VULNERABLE ELDERS QUALITY INDICATORS; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALIAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899886979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093064     Document Type: Article

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