Beyond CMS quality measure adjustments: Identifying key resident and nursing home facility factors associated with quality measures

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 500-505

  Horn, Susan D ^a   Sharkey, Siobhan S ^b   Hudak, Sandra ^b   Smout, Randall J ^a   Quinn, Charlene C ^c   Yody, Barbara ^d   Fleshner, Irene ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Health Management Strategies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Genesis HealthCare Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADLs) decline; Incontinence; Long term care; Pressure ulcers; Quality improvement; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956253321     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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