title: Nursing home resident assessment classification and focused care.
abstract: Boondas provides the reader with an interesting history of the development of nursing homes as a prelude to discussion of reimbursement issues and case mix classification for today's residents. The need for minimal data sets and patient classification systems is stressed.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boondas
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms