Comparison of methods to identify long term care nursing home residence with administrative data

Abstract Background To compare different methods for identifying a long term care (LTC) nursing home stay, distinct from stays in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), to the method currently used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We used national and Texas Medicare claims, Minimu...

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Main Authors: James S. Goodwin, Shuang Li, Jie Zhou, James E. Graham, Amol Karmarkar, Kenneth Ottenbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2318-9