Castle Nicholas, Diesel Jill, Ferguson-Rome Jamie C
1 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Appl Gerontol. 2011 Dec;30(6):744-778. doi: 10.1177/0733464810378263.
Nursing home report cards can be potentially key tools for disseminating information to consumers. However, few accounts of state-based nursing home report cards are available. In the research presented here, the scale, scope, utility, and changes over time in these nursing home report cards are described. This article finds that the number of report cards has increased from 24 in 2003 to 29 in 2009. The quality information presented varies considerably; however, deficiency citations are still the most frequently reported quality indicators. The utility of report cards varies considerably. The authors present their opinions of features that seem most conducive for consumer use of these report cards.
疗养院成绩单可能是向消费者传播信息的潜在关键工具。然而，关于各州疗养院成绩单的报道却很少。在本文所呈现的研究中，描述了这些疗养院成绩单的规模、范围、效用以及随时间的变化。本文发现成绩单的数量已从2003年的24份增加到2009年的29份。所呈现的质量信息差异很大；然而，缺陷引用仍然是最常报告的质量指标。成绩单的效用差异也很大。作者们阐述了他们认为最有利于消费者使用这些成绩单的特征的观点。
