Quality report cards and nursing home quality

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2003, Pages 58-66

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Spector, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Quality report cards; Risk adjusted outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038284121     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.suppl_2.58     Document Type: Article

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