Deficiencies in care at nursing homes and racial/ethnic disparities across homes fell, 2006-11

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1139-1146

  Li, Yue ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^c   You, Kai ^c   Cai, Xueya ^c   Cen, Xi ^c   Mukamel, Dana B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SAFETY; RACE DIFFERENCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936936316     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0094     Document Type: Article

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