Usefulness of the Nursing Home Quality Measures and Quality Indicators for Assessing Skilled Nursing Facility Rehabilitation Outcomes

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1021-1025

  Silverstein, Burton ^a   Findley, Patricia A ^b   Bode, Rita K ^c  

^a HCR Manor Care   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality indicators, health care; Quality of health care; Rehabilitation; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION NURSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746301437     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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