What are nursing home quality indicators?

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The idea being tested is what nursing home quality indicators measure. These indicators are metrics that capture how well residents are cared for and what outcomes they experience inside a nursing home. They include staffing levels and whether the facility has enough staff to meet resident needs, safety events like falls or infections, and clinical health outcomes such as dehydration, pressure ulcers, hospitalizations, or changes in mobility. Together, these indicators help facilities monitor performance, identify areas for improvement, and support reporting and quality-based initiatives. They aren’t about hospital financial performance, outpatient wait times, or national health expenditure, which belong to different domains. This is why the option describing metrics of care quality and resident outcomes—including staffing, safety, and health outcomes—is the best fit.