Health Care Providers and the Public Reporting of Nursing Home Quality in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Camilla B Pimentel   ^{1, 2, 3} , MPH, PhD ;   Valerie Clark   ¹ , MS ;   Amy W Baughman   ⁴ , MPH, MD ;   Dan R Berlowitz   ⁵ , MPH, MD ;   Heather Davila   ⁶ , MPA, PhD ;   Whitney L Mills   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   David C Mohr   ^{6, 9} , PhD ;   Jennifer L Sullivan   ^{6, 9} , PhD ;   Christine W Hartmann   ^{1, 5} , PhD

¹ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

² New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

³ Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States

⁶ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI, United States

⁸ Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

⁹ Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States