title: Medicare's Compare databases with a long-term care mission.
abstract: Developed primarily for consumers, Medicare's Compare web sites permit immediate access to information about most nursing homes and home health agencies, including indicators of the quality of care they provide. But hospital staff, too--most notably strategic and discharge planners--can benefit by consulting Compare.
authors.affiliation: Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, USA. pgrimaldi@jbs1.com
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016208:Databases, Factual; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States