Purchasing or providing nursing home care: Can quality of care data provide guidance

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-608

  Berlowitz, Dan R ^a,b   Rosen, Amy K ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Tsilimingras, Dionyssios ^a   Tariot, Pierre N ^c   Engelhardt, Joe ^e   Kader, Boris ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Outcome assessment; Quality of health care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACT SERVICES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 18944397311     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53207.x     Document Type: Article

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