What is nursing home quality and how is it measured?

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-442

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Ferguson, Jamie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term Care; Nursing homes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955019291     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq052     Document Type: Article

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