Do trends in the reporting of quality measures on the nursing home compare web site differ by nursing home characteristics?

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 720-730

  Zinn, Jacqueline ^a,b   Spector, William ^c   Hsieh, Lillian ^d   Mukamel, Dana B ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Medicare; Nursing Home Compare; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28744445580     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.6.720     Document Type: Article

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