Accuracy of infection reporting in US nursing home ratings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the accuracy of nursing home-reported data on urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are publicly reported on Nursing Home Care Compare, and pneumonia, which are not publicly reported.

Data sources and study setting

We used secondary data for 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States between 2011 and 2017.

Study design

We identified Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who were nursing home residents between 2011 and 2017 and admitted to a hospital with a primary diagnosis of UTI or pneumonia. After linking these hospital claims to resident-level nursing home-reported assessment data in the Minimum Data Set, we calculated the percentages of infections that were appropriately reported and assessed variation by resident- a

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10480086 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature