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The Gerontologist 43:37-46 (2003)
© 2003 The Gerontological Society of America

The Quality of Quality Measurement in U.S. Nursing Homes

Vincent Mor, PhD1,, Katherine Berg, PT, PhD1,2, Joseph Angelelli, PhD1, David Gifford, MD, MPH1,3, John Morris, PhD4 and Terry Moore, RN, MPH5

Correspondence: Address correspondence to Vincent Mor, PhD, Department of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Box G-A418, Providence, RI 02192. E-mail: Vincent_Mor{at}brown.edu

Purpose:This article examines various technical challenges inherent in the design, implementation, and dissemination of health care quality performance measures.Design and Methods:Using national and state-specific Minimum Data Set data from 1999, we examined sample size, measure stability, creation of ordinal ranks, and risk adjustment as applied to aggregated facility quality indicators.Results:Nursing home Quality Indicators now in use are multidimensional and quarterly estimates of incidence-based measures can be relatively unstable, suggesting the need for some averaging of measures over time. Implications:Current public reports benchmarking nursing homes' performances may require additional technical modifications to avoid compromising the fairness of comparisons.

Key Words: Quality indicators • Quality measurement • Assessment methodology • Quality of care • Benchmarking • Performance measures • Nursing homes




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