nursing home inspectionThis study analyzes existing data describing general facility characteristics, the presence of an ombudsman in the facility, and the number of deficiencies/violations reported for long-term care facilities in the state of Missouri. The model that predicted the rate of deficiencies...
Physician clinical activity was determined by examining NH inspection of care reports compiled by the Missouri Department of Social Services' Division of Aging.Results: Each physician attended a mean of 16.8 and a median of six Medicaid recipients in the nursing home. The skewed distribution is ...