3109.0 Nursing Home Healthcare Utilization and Costs

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM
Oral
This session includes many important topics related to nursing home health care utilization and costs. The following issues will be discussed: informal dispute resolution process for nursing homes’ appeals of deficiency citations, costs of quality regulations in nursing homes, racial inequity in receiving flu vaccination among nursing home residents, facility characteristics and the risk of developing pressure ulcer in U.S. nursing homes, and relationships among patient safety culture, processes of care, and resident falls in nursing homes.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the informal dispute resolution process for nursing homes. 2.Describe the relationship between patient safety culture, processes of care, and resident outcomes in nursing homes.
Moderator:
Patricia M. Alt, PhD

10:30 AM
Informal Dispute Resolution Process for Nursing Homes' Appeals of Deficiency Citations
Dana B. Mukamel, PhD, David L. Weimer, PhD, Yue Li, PhD, Lauren Bailey, MS, William D. Spector, PhD and Charlene Harrington, PhD
10:48 AM
Costs of quality regulations in nursing homes
Dana B. Mukamel, PhD, Yue Li, PhD, Charlene Harrington, PhD, William D. Spector, PhD, David L. Weimer, PhD and Lauren Bailey, MS
11:06 AM
Racial Inequity in Receiving Flu Vaccination among Nursing Home Residents
Shubing Cai, Zhanlian Feng, Mary Fennell, PhD and Vincent Mor
11:24 AM
Facility Characteristics and the Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcer in U.S. Nursing Homes
Yu Kang, PhD, Hongdao Meng, MPH, PhD and Kathryn Hyer, MPP, PhD
     
11:42 AM
Relationships among patient safety culture, processes of care, and resident falls in nursing homes
Kali Thomas, MA
     

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Organized by: Aging & Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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