Facility and county effects on racial differences in nursing home quality indicators

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3046-3059

  Miller, Susan C ^a   Papandonatos, George ^a   Fennell, Mary ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Nursing homes; Quality; Race; Restraints

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

DRUG; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PROFIT; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750476996     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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