Process, structural, and outcome quality indicators of nutritional care in nursing homes: a systematic review.
Chiara LoriniBarbara Rita PorchiaFrancesca PieralliGugliemo BonaccorsiPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
Our findings show that a consensus must be reached for defining a set of indicators and standards to improve quality in NHs. Establishing the relationship between structural, process, and outcome indicators is a challenge. There are grounds for investigating this theme by means of prospective longitudinal studies that take the risk adjustment into account.