Comparing staffing levels in the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) system with the Medicaid Cost Report data: Are differences systematic?

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-489

  Kash, Bita A ^a   Hawes, Catherine ^a   Phillips, Charles D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid Cost Reports; Nursing home staffing; OSCAR; RN staffing levels

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING ASSISTANT; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SURVEY CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM; PRACTICAL NURSING; REGISTERED NURSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548703362     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.4.480     Document Type: Article

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