The nursing home minimum data set assessment instrument: Manifest functions and unintended consequences - Past, present, and future

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-735

  Rahman, Anna N ^a   Applebaum, Robert A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Medicaid; Medicare; Minimum Data Set; Nursing home; Quality indicators; Resident assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MINIMUM DATA SET INSTRUMENT; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649097270     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp066     Document Type: Review

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