The quality of quality measurement in U.S. nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Mor, Vincent ^a,b   Berg, Katherine ^b,c   Angelelli, Joseph ^b   Gifford, David ^b,d   Morris, John ^e   Moore, Terry ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Quality Partners Rhode Island   (United States)

^e RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment methodology; Benchmarking; Nursing homes; Performance measures; Quality indicators; Quality measurement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037946832     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.suppl_2.37     Document Type: Article

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