Thirty-Year Trends in Nursing Home Composition and Quality Since the Passage of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 233-239

  Fashaw, Shekinah A ^a   Thomas, Kali S ^a,b   McCreedy, Ellen ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing home characteristics; Nursing Home Reform Act; OBRA 1987; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACT; ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBACUTE CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINE INCONTINENCE; EXERCISE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85071119969     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.07.004     Document Type: Article

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