EXAMINING NURSING HOME COMPARE

检查疗养院 比较

• 批准号: 6821596
• 负责人: NICHOLAS G CASTLE
• 金额: $ 6.68万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6821596
• 关键词: Internet; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; comprehension; data collection methodology /evaluation; decision making; family; health care cost /financing; health care service utilization; human old age (65+); human subject; information dissemination; nurse performance; nursing care evaluation; nursing care quality; nursing homes; questionnaires; racial /ethnic difference

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal responds to research topic number 22 (Racial/Ethnic Differences and Health Disparities) as outlined in the NIA Pilot Research Program. Specifically, we wish to examine "research to develop and improve instruments and methods ... in minority groups" (PAR-03-056: pg.4). The proposed analyses have the potential to influence policy and practices - and ultimately help consumers (especially minorities) choose a nursing facility. Lack of reliability and validity assessment has recently been identified for Nursing Home Compare (NHC) - a national report card for nursing homes. With the exception of a recent GAO report describing this initiative, we could not identify any research on NHC. This includes finding no research on the applicability of NHC for minority groups. So despite the unquestionable need for this report card, some research in this area is clearly warranted. In this proposal, we focus on the impact of NHC on family members of elders who were recently placed in a nursing home. NHC is intended to provide assistance to these consumers in choosing nursing homes. Our hypothesis is that public dissemination of nursing home quality through the NHC report card has helped family members in choosing a nursing facility, but is less helpful for minorities. In examining this hypothesis, we will determine which components of the report card (content, comprehension, navigation, or decision making) are most/least helpful in choosing a nursing facility and whether any specific improvements can be made so that the report card information can help both minorities and non-minorities.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案对NIA试点研究计划中概述的研究主题22（种族/种族差异和健康差异）做出了回应。具体而言，我们希望研究“研究和改善工具和方法的研究……在少数群体中”（PAR-03-056：pg.4）。拟议的分析有可能影响政策和实践 - 最终帮助消费者（尤其是少数民族）选择护理设施。 最近已经确定了缺乏可靠性和有效性评估的疗养院比较（NHC） - 疗养院的国家成绩单。除了最近的GAO报告描述了这一倡议之外，我们无法确定对NHC的任何研究。这包括未找到有关NHC对少数群体的适用性的研究。因此，尽管毫无疑问需要此报告卡，但在该领域的一些研究显然是必要的。在该提案中，我们专注于NHC对最近被安置在疗养院的长者家庭成员的影响。 NHC旨在为这些消费者选择疗养院提供帮助。 我们的假设是，通过NHC报告卡公开传播疗养院质量，帮助家人选择了护理设施，但对少数群体的帮助较小。在研究这一假设时，我们将确定报告卡的哪些组成部分（内容，理解，导航或决策）最有助于选择护理设施，以及是否可以进行任何特定的改进，以便报告卡信息可以帮助少数群体和非少数派。