Algorithm for identifying nursing home days using medicare claims and minimum data set assessment data

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2016, Pages e73-e77

  Wei, Yu Jung ^a   Simoni Wastila, Linda ^a   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^a   Brandt, Nicole ^a   Lucas, Judith A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; long term care; Medicare; minimal data set; nursing home stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAMPLE SIZE; AGE; ALGORITHM; INCOME; INSURANCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992364291     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000109     Document Type: Article

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