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Modules - Quality-of-life Assessment LINKS AND OTHER RESOURCES Agency for Health Care Quality and Research Report (1999): Long-Term Care: Quality of Care is Most Important Nursing Home Measure http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/jun99/ra7.htm American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Position Statement: Measuring Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents - Considering Unintended Consequences http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/unintended_conseq.shtml American Health Quality Association www.ahqa.org Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis University of Wisconsin at Madison Developed the nursing home quality measures used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.chsra.wisc.edu Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Nursing Home Quality Initiative http://www.cms.hhs.gov/quality/nhqi/ Commonwealth Fund Report (2001): Promoting Quality in Nursing Homes: The Well Spring Model http://www.cmwf.org/programs/elders/reinhard_wellspring_432.pdf Medicare: Nursing Homes Compare http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/include/DataSection/Questions/SearchCriteria.asp National Citizens Coalition on Nursing Home Reform http://www.nccnhr.org/default.cfm U.S. General Accounting Office Report (2002): Nursing Homes: Quality of Care More Related to Staffing than Spending http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02431r.pdf U.S. Office of the Inspector General Report (2003): Quality Assurance Committees in Nursing Homes http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-01-01-00090.pdf For more resources, visit our general Links page. (prev | next)

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