The nursing home five star rating: How does it compare to resident and family views of care?

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 234-242

  Williams, Anthony ^a   Straker, Jane K ^b   Applebaum, Robert ^b  

^a Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMS data sets (OSCAR MDS); Long term care; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963502738     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu043     Document Type: Article

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