The effect of state regulatory stringency on nursing home quality

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1791-1813

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Weimer, David L ^b   Harrington, Charlene ^c   Spector, William D ^d   Ladd, Heather ^a   Li, Yue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness; cost effectiveness; Nursing homes; quality of care; regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LICENCE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84866514138     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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