Associations between published quality ratings of skilled nursing facilities and outcomes of medicare beneficiaries with heart failure

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188.e1-188.e6

  Unroe, Kathleen T ^a,b,c   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Colón Emeric, Cathleen ^b,c   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Medicare; Mortality; Nursing Home Compare; Patient readmission; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84856093801     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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