The measurement of nursing home quality: Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis of panel data

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-411

  Ning, Jackie Zhang ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis; Nursing home; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHARMACY; SAMPLING;

COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944522877     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-5898-6     Document Type: Article

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