Long-Term Care Reimbursement and Regulation: A Study of Cost, Case-Mix and Quality. Programs to Assure Quality of Care in Colorado Nursing Homes

摘要

The report describes the state of the art of quality assurance programs operating in Colorado's nursing homes. In so doing, key characteristics of each program are described, including intent, approach, and sanctions. Attempts are made to identify opportunities for expansion and/or refinement of the current systems. This paper reports on developments through the end of 1979. In some instances, programs are no longer identical with the descriptions contained herein. In those cases, every attempt has been made to identify important differences, which are thus noted in the text.