The Nursing Home Minimum Data Set Assessment Instrument: Manifest Functions and Unintended Consequences--Past, Present, and Future
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The nursing home Minimum Data Set assessment instrument: manifest functions and unintended consequences--past, present, and future.
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a uniform instrument used in nursing homes to assess residents. In January 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a draft of a new MDS-version 3.0. This article traces the instrument's development and the design decisions that shaped it, discusses the MDS's manifest functions-data collection intended to drive quality improvement and the unin...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp066