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. 2020 Sep 15;324(11):1103-1105.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.14709.

Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases

Jose F Figueroa  1 , Rishi K Wadhera  2 , Irene Papanicolas  3 , Kristen Riley  1 , Jie Zheng  1 , E John Orav  1 , Ashish K Jha  1
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Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases

Jose F Figueroa et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study evaluates COVID-19 case rates between high- and low-performing nursing homes based on CMS quality measures.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Figueroa reported receiving research support for other work not related to this topic by the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard Center for AIDS Research. Dr Wadhera reported receiving research grant K23HL148525-1 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and previously serving as a consultant for Regeneron. Dr Jha reported receiving funding from the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for other work. No other disclosures were reported.

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