| nursing home quality, staffing, and malpractice paid-losses. | litigation activity against florida's nursing home providers increased dramatically over the past two decades. this has been a significant concern for policy makers and nursing home administrators as they attempt to balance the realities of negligent behavior with its impact on the overall cost and quality of long-term care. this study uses medicare cost report data and oscar (online survey, certification, and reporting) data for florida's nursing facilities over a five-year period from 2001 to ... | 2011 | 22043643 |
| nursing home safety: does financial performance matter? | this study examines the relationship between financial performance and selected safety measures of nursing homes in the state of florida. | 2011 | 21528833 |
| the unintended consequences of staffing mandates in florida nursing homes: impacts on indirect-care staff. | research on nursing staff ratios and quality of care in nursing homes prompted florida to implement minimum nursing staff ratios for certified nursing assistants (cnas) in 2001. using the contingency theory, the authors investigated the response to this mandate and its potential effects on indirect-care staff. this study used the online survey, certification, and reporting (oscar) staffing data for freestanding florida nursing homes between the years 1999 and 2004. piecewise regression growth cu ... | 2010 | 20016032 |
| reinventing long-term care: the effect of policy changes on trends in nursing home reimbursement and resident characteristics--florida, 1989-1997. | this study investigated how changes in medicare and medicaid policies affected skilled nursing facility (snf) revenue streams and resident characteristics in florida during the 1990s. | 2003 | 12711732 |