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An extended care transitional unit. 1990

S Astill-McNish, and P L Straughan
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010043 Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care Evaluation procedures that focus on both the outcome or status (OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT) of the patient at the end of an episode of care - presence of symptoms, level of activity, and mortality; and the process (ASSESSMENT, PROCESS) - what is done for the patient diagnostically and therapeutically. Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care),Donabedian Model,Donabedian Triad,Outcome and Process Assessment,Structure Process Outcome Triad,Model, Donabedian,Triad, Donabedian
D011383 Progressive Patient Care Organization of medical and nursing care according to the degree of illness and care requirements in the hospital. The elements are intensive care, intermediate care, self-care, long-term care, and organized home care. Care, Progressive Patient,Cares, Progressive Patient,Patient Care, Progressive,Patient Cares, Progressive,Progressive Patient Cares
D006757 Hospital Units Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards. Hospital Unit,Unit, Hospital,Units, Hospital
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012449 Safety Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property. Safeties
D012866 Skilled Nursing Facilities Extended care facilities which provide skilled nursing care or rehabilitation services for inpatients on a daily basis. Extended Care Facilities,Facilities, Skilled Nursing,Nursing Facilities, Skilled,Care Facilities, Extended,Care Facility, Extended,Extended Care Facility,Facilities, Extended Care,Facility, Extended Care,Facility, Skilled Nursing,Nursing Facility, Skilled,Skilled Nursing Facility
D014739 Victoria A state in southeastern Australia, the southernmost state. Its capital is Melbourne. It was discovered in 1770 by Captain Cook and first settled by immigrants from Tasmania. In 1851 it was separated from New South Wales as a separate colony. Self-government was introduced in 1851; it became a state in 1901. It was named for Queen Victoria in 1851. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1295 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p574)

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