title: [External quality management in inpatient geriatric care--the SIESTA instrument].
abstract: Continuous quality improvement in long term care facilities requires systematic cooperation of internal and external quality management. We designed SIESTA to assist skilled nursing care and management in their effort to measure and develop the quality of care in their facility in a rational way.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Soziologie, Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D010343:Patient Admission; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care