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| Using the Resident Assessment Instrument for quality enhancement in nursing homes | | Author(s) | Charles D Phillips, David Zimmerman, Roberto Bernabei |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, Supplement 2, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 77-81 |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Costs [care] ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Indicators ; Evaluation ; Denmark ; Iceland ; Italy ; Portugal. |
| Annotation | In some current policy decisions concerning long-term care, the emphasis has been almost solely on the costs of care. This dialogue must be replaced with a discussion of value, which emphasises both the costs and quality of care. While the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) was originally designed as a multi-dimensional assessment tool aimed at improving clinical practice, it can also provide the foundation for a comprehensive database that can be used to assess and monitor the quality of care. Using data from four sites In Denmark, Iceland, Italy, and the US) and eight indicators of quality that could be derived from single assessments, the authors demonstrate how quality might be measured and compared using the RAI. Although this is for illustrative purposes only, it does show how this database can provide invaluable information to providers about the quality of care within their establishments. It can also allow consumers and purchasers to evaluate the relative performance of different providers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980122428 A |
| Classmark | LHB: QDC: QA: 59: 3RI: 4C: 76K: 76R: 76V: 76T |
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