Health Care Quality in Iowa Nursing Homes, Results from the Outcome-Oriented Survey 1980-1981 by Yong S. Lee, 1981

(1981) Health Care Quality in Iowa Nursing Homes, Results from the Outcome-Oriented Survey 1980-1981 by Yong S. Lee, 1981. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)

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Abstract

This report presents the data generated by the new ICF licensure survey which was adopted on an experimental basis by Iowa Department of Health, effective September 1, 1980. As discussed, the new survey was intended to simplify the old survey procedure and at the same time to create a data base essential for data-based policy and management decisions. In addition, the old survey had its main emphasis on policing the procedural standards required by law; by contrast, the new survey has shifted the emphasis somewhat away from the procedural elements to the actual services and their outcomes. The data contained in this report include the surveys conducted between September 1, 1980 and May 30, 1981, during which time 20 state surveyors had completed their visit with a total of 278 intermediate care facilities. The facilities included 197 proprietary facilities, 75 nonprofit and 6 government-operated facilities. Since this is the first, comprehensive report about the performance profiles of the ICFs in Iowa, our focus will be on the overall performance levels, that is, where the facilities stand with respect to the selected performance measures. In the future years, then, the records may be used as a referent point for comparison and analysis.