Risk adjustment of nursing home quality indicators

Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-766

  Arling, Greg ^a   Karon, Sarita L ^b   Sainfort, Francois ^c   Zimmerman, David R ^c   Ross, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Long term care; Measurement; Outcomes; Quality indicators; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031470846     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/37.6.757     Document Type: Article

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