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New Federal Database Rates Nursing Homes

By Lynn Neary

Published November 14, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Medicare unveils an online database that compares the performance of thousands of nursing homes. NPR's Lynn Neary talks with ElderCare manager Debra Sorensen about how the system works.

Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

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