Public sector residential aged care: Identifying novel associations between quality indicators and other demographic and health-related factors

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-331

  Moore, Kirsten J ^a,e   Doyle, Colleen J ^a,b   Dunning, Trisha L ^c,d   Hague, Ann T ^d   Lloyd, Lucas A ^d   Bourke, Jo ^d   Gill, Stephen D ^d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902156371     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13184     Document Type: Article

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