The impact of the closing of three Massachusetts public chronic disease hospitals: A multidimensional perspective

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-174

  Caro, Francis G ^a   Glickman, Lillian L ^b   Ingegneri, Dominique ^a,c   Porell, Frank ^a   Stern, Amy Leventhal ^a,d   Verma, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Program Management   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030959416     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025168907179     Document Type: Article

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