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Improving nursing home quality of care through outcomes data
— the MDS quality indicators | | Author(s) | David R Zimmerman |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 3, March 2003 |
| Pages | pp 250-257 |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Performance ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The quality of care provided to nursing home residents is a continuing source of concern throughout the world. In the US, the Health Care Financing Administration mandated the use of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a standardised resident assessment instrument, which has facilitated development of a set of nursing home quality of care indicators. The MDS Quality Indicators were developed by a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and covered 12 domains, as well as associated risks. The initial set of indicators went through an iterative process of review by national clinical panels, further empirical analysis, validation studies, and pilot tests, to confirm whether they were accurate, reliable and useful tools for identifying quality problems. The final set of MDS Quality Indicators includes 24 variables, that include both processes and outcomes of care, and prevalence and incidence measures. They are defined at both the resident and facility level; 4 of the indicators are risk-adjusted. The indicators have several possible applications: a source of consumer information to help guide policy makers, and to assist providers in conducting quality improvements, and to evaluate the impact of these efforts. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030425219 A |
| Classmark | LHB: QA: 59: 5H: 4C: 7T |
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