title: Citations and compliance with the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to show which Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA) regulations nursing homes are, and are not, complying with. This is achieved by using deficiency citations that are issued by state and federal inspectors when a facility does not meet a NHRA standard. Structural and process characteristics of nursing homes associated with these deficiency citations are presented. The results of these analyses are discussed in terms of their policy issues.
authors.affiliation: Health Outcomes Research, AtlantiCare Health System, 6727 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234, USA. Nick.Castle@AtlantiCare.org
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Castle
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000145:classification* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States