5119.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
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| Learning Objectives: 1) To identify issues related to quality of care in nursing homes. 2) To understand methods of quality assessment in nursing homes. 3) To understand the relationship between costs and quality in nursing homes | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Dana B. Mukamel, PhD | ||||
| Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Nursing Home Quality Robert Weech-Maldonado, PhD, James Guwani, MA, Vince Mor, PhD | ||||
| Lessons learned from a quality improvement initiative to reduce nosocomial infections in long term care Randolph R. Peto, MD, MPH, Kenneth Sands, MD, MPH, Nancy Barsamian, RN, MPH, Laurie Gyscek, RN, Sharon Pero, MSN, CIC | ||||
| Nursing Home Acquired Infections: A National Study William D. Spector, PhD, Thomas J. Shaffer, MHS, DEB Potter, MS | ||||
| What influences family satisfaction with nursing homes? Lorenz J. Finison, PhD, Reginald Carter, PhD | ||||
| Nursing Home Costs and Quality of Care: Is There a Tradeoff? Weech-Maldonado Robert, PhD, Mor Vince, PhD, Shea Dennis, PhD | ||||
| The following abstracts have been withdrawn by the authors: | ||||
| Characteristics of nursing facility quality assurance programs associated with self-reported improvements in regulation compliance Dhaval S. Patel, MPH, Larry W. Lawhorne, MD, CMD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Gerontological Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Epidemiology; Health Administration; Medical Care | |||