Assessing the quality of nursing homes in managed care organizations: Integrating LTSS for dually eligible beneficiaries

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 55, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Graham, Carrie ^a   Ross, Leslie ^b   Bueno, Edward Bozell ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^b  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dually eligible; Managed care; Medicaid; Network quality; Nursing homes; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REGISTERED NURSE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85056428849     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: 19457243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0046958018800090     Document Type: Article

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