Nursing home 5-star rating system exacerbates disparities in quality, by payer source

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 819-827

  Tamara Konetzka, R ^a   Grabowski, David C ^b   Perraillon, Marcelo Coca ^a   Werner, Rachel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929631022     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1084     Document Type: Article

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