Appropriate Placement of Nursing-Home Residents in Lower Levels of Care

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-160

  Spector, William D ^a,b   Reschovsky, James D ^a   Cohen, Joel W ^a  

^a Agy for Hlth Care Plcy and Res

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029685449     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3350436     Document Type: Article

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