Quality of care in teaching nursing homes: findings and implications.

Title
Quality of care in teaching nursing homes: findings and implications.
First Author
Shaughnessy, Peter W
Date of Pub
1995 Summer
Pages
55-83
Abstract
This article explores policy implications and selected methodological topics relating to long-term care (LTC) quality. We first discuss the Teaching Nursing Home Program (TNHP), in which quality of care in teaching nursing homes (TNHs) was found to be superior to the quality of care in comparison nursing homes (CNHs). A combination of outcome and process/structural measures was used to evaluate the effects of care and underlying reasons for superior TNH outcomes. Second, we explore policy and analytic ramifications. Conceptual, methodological, and applied issues in measuring and improving the quality of LTC are discussed in the context of TNH research and related research in home care.
Other Authors
Hittle, David F; Kramer, Andrew M; Steiner, John F
MeSH
Comparative Study : Education, Nursing/organization & administration : Evaluation Studies : Health Services Research : Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data : Long-Term Care/standards : Nursing Homes/standards : Organizational Affiliation : Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/statistics & numerical data : Prospective Studies : Quality of Health Care/statistics & numerical data : Schools, Nursing : Support, Non-U.S. Gov't : Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. : United States
Issue
4
NTIS Number
PB99-106445
Volume
16

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