Rantz M.J, Mehr D.R, Conn V.S, Hicks L.L, Porter R., Madsen R.W, Petrowski G.F, Maas M..  1996.  Assessing quality of nursing home care: the foundation for improving resident outcomes. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 10(4):1-9.

Rantz M.J, Mehr D.R, Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Popejoy L.L, Hicks L.L, Conn V.S, Grando V.T, Wipke-Tevis D.D, Bostick J. et al..  2000.  Initial field testing of an instrument to measure: observable indicators of nursing home care quality. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 14(3):1-12.

Rantz M.J, Petroski G.F, Madsen R.W, Scott J., Mehr D.R, Popejoy L., Hicks L.L, Porter R., Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Grando V..  1997.  Setting thresholds for MDS (Minimum Data Set) quality indicators for nursing home quality improvement reports. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 23(11):602-11.

Rantz M.J, Popejoy L., Mehr D.R, Zwygart-Stauffacher M., Hicks L.L, Grando V., Conn V.S, Porter R., Scott J., Maas M..  1997.  Verifying nursing home care quality using minimum data set quality indicators and other quality measures. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 12(2):54-62.