Association of claims-based quality of care measures with outcomes among community-dwelling vulnerable elders

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-559

  Zingmond, David S ^a   Ettner, Susan L ^a   Wilber, Kathleen H ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; geriatrics; long term care; process of care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79957455372     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820e5aab     Document Type: Article

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