Medical director presence and time in U.S. nursing homes, 2017–2023
Though medical directors have a critical role in overseeing clinical care, some nursing homes report no medical director time and those that do report about 4 h per week. Together, these findings may indicate the need for improvement. More research is needed to understand these variations and the extent to which medical director regulations are being followed by nursing homes and enforced by regulators.
Authors
- Mary Ellen Dellefield
- Michael Wasserman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-4770)
- Charlene Harrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5716-4362)
- Richard J. Mollot
- Eric L. Goldwein
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Unity Health System (US)
- Nia Association (US)
- Long Term Care Community Coalition (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19161
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70
Funders
- New York Community Trust
- University of California, San Francisco