Approaching cross-national comparisons of nursing home residents

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Fries, Brant E ^a,b   Schroll, Marianne ^c   Hawes, Catherine ^d   Gilgen, Ruedi ^e   Jónsson, Palmi V ^f   Park, Pil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Case mix; Facility variability; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

EID: 0031459115     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_2.13     Document Type: Article

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