title: Strategic groups and outcomes in nursing facilities.
abstract: This article uses the Miles and Snow typology of strategies to examine nursing facilities' strategic responses to their changing environment and whether strategic responses are associated with facilities performance in quality outcomes. The author hypothesizes that prospector nursing facilities will have the highest quality outcomes, followed by defender, analyzer, and reactor facilities.
authors.affiliation: RAND, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. NICK_CASTLE@RAND.org
authors.forename: Nicholas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Castle
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs