During a virtual seminar featuring top experts and U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Research Associates Mary Ersek and Rachel M. Werner emphasized the need to grapple with inadequate quality measures and inequitable patient care as part of a plan to improve nursing home quality. Ersek and Werner are among 12 co-authors of a consensus study published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff. The seminar was organized by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
Citations:
- "The Policy and Politics of Long-Term Care: Latest Views on Reform," Penn LDI, H Levins, June 27, 2022.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.