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New Federal Database Rates Nursing Homes

NPR | 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.

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