Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases

Authors

Jose F. Figueroa, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Rishi K. Wadhera, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Irene Papanicolas, London School of Economics
Kristen Riley, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Jie Zheng, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
E. John Orav, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Ashish K. Jha, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

nurses, nursing homes, inspection, covid-19, personnel staffing and scheduling, quality of care

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.14709

Abstract

This study evaluates COVID-19 case rates between high- and low-performing nursing homes based on CMS quality measures.

Comments

Article available for free at PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7418040/

Citation / Publisher Attribution

JAMA, v. 324, issue 11, p. 1103-1105

Scholar Commons Citation

Figueroa, Jose F.; Wadhera, Rishi K.; Papanicolas, Irene; Riley, Kristen; Zheng, Jie; Orav, E. John; and Jha, Ashish K., "Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases" (2020). All publications. 40.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_fcrc_all/40