The evolution of nursing home report cards

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-778

  Castle, Nicholas ^a   Diesel, Jill ^a   Ferguson Rome, Jamie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing homes; quality; report cards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME REPORT CARD;

EID: 85047689334     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464810378263     Document Type: Article

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