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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedWang Y, Spatz ES, Tariq M
Home health agency performance in the United States: 2011-15.
This review’s evaluation of home health agency quality performance included 11,462 Medicare-certified home health agencies that served 92.4 percent of all ZIP codes nationwide, accounting for 315.2 million people. It found that home health agency performance on several quality indicators varied, and many agencies were persistently in the lowest quartile of performance.
AHRQ-funded; HS023000.
Citation: Wang Y, Spatz ES, Tariq M .
Home health agency performance in the United States: 2011-15.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2017 Dec;65(12):2572-79. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14987.
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Keywords: Quality of Care, Home Healthcare, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures