Limits and Opportunities of Federal Reporting on COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities | NLM

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Limits and Opportunities of Federal Reporting on COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities

06/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 6/15/2020. This brief explores the extent to which state and federal data on coronavirus in long-term care (LTC) facilities differ and discusses the likely causes for these differences. While federal reporting offers promise for analyzing the intersection of COVID-19 and LTC facilities, state data will continue to play a role in highlighting the scope of the crisis across facility types and trends in COVID-19 within these facilities over time. (Text)