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Associations Between Published Quality Ratings of Skilled Nursing Facilities and Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure

  • Kathleen T. Unroe, MD, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kathleen T. Unroe, MD, MHA, Durham VA Medical Center GRECC, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705.
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  • Melissa A. Greiner, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Cathleen Colón-Emeric, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Lesley H. Curtis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

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 This study was supported by grant 2006–0109 from the John A. Hartford Foundation to the Duke Hartford Center of Excellence at Duke University. The Foundation had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, and analysis of the data; and preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript. Damon M. Seils, MA, provided editorial assistance and prepared the manuscript. Mr Seils did not receive compensation for his assistance apart from his employment at the institution where the study was conducted.

PII: S1525-8610(11)00167-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.020

JAMDA
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 188.e1-188.e6 , February 2012

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