Nursing Home Star Ratings and End-Of-Life Care Quality: Lessons Learned From the Veterans Health Administration.
Joan G CarpenterDaniel KinderDawn SmithMary ErsekMelissa WachtermanJoshua ThorpeDonald R SullivanJennifer BaileyScott ShreveAnn Kutney-LeePublished in: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2024)
Our findings suggest that the current CLC star rating system is not sufficient to assess the quality of EOL care. BFS scores, or a comparative EOL quality of care measure, should be integrated into CLC quality rating systems.