Impact of voluntary accreditation on deficiency citations in U.S. nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Wagner, Laura M ^a   McDonald, Shawna M ^b   Castle, Nicholas G ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Long term care; Quality; The Joint Commission

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERNET; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNET; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862178541     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr136     Document Type: Article

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