Verifying nursing home care quality using minimum data set quality indicators and other quality measures

Nursing home care quality can be verified through use of minimum data set (MDS) quality indicators (QIs) and other quality measures. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) are performing research on minimum data sets, while the Univeristy of Missouri, Columbia, is performing research on quality indicators. The studies found a strong association between the MDS QI scores, QI Observation Scoring Instrument scores, and the Independent Observable Indicators of Quality scores and the mean number of survey citations for each group.