Rurality and nursing home quality: Evidence from the 2004 national nursing home survey

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 761-773

  Kang, Yu ^a   Meng, Hongdao ^b   Miller, Nancy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel analysis; Nursing home; Quality of care; Rural

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82155166766     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr065     Document Type: Review

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