Update on nursing home care in Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma approximately 36,000 people live in a nursing home. This article reviews those initiatives by Medicare, the Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA), and the American Medical Directors' Association to improve the quality of care that physicians and nurses provide to residents in long-term care facilities, specifically nursing homes.
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University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 900 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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