The urban-rural disparity in nursing home quality indicators: The case of facility-acquired contractures

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-69

  Bowblis, John R ^a   Meng, Hongdao ^b   Hyer, Kathryn ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

contractures; decomposition; disparities; nursing homes; Quality of care; rural

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICAL NURSE; REGISTERED NURSE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CONTRACTURE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84872267942     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01431.x     Document Type: Review

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