Surveying Multiple Health Professional Team Members Within Institutional Settings: An Example From the Nursing Home Industry

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 287-313

  Clark, Melissa A ^a   Roman, Anthony ^b   Rogers, Michelle L ^a   Tyler, Denise A ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

health care providers; nonresponse bias; nursing home; response rate; surveys

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905743736     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278714521633     Document Type: Article

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