The impact of OBRA '87 on psychiatric services in nursing homes: Joint testimony of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-17

  Colenda, Christopher C ^a,b,c   Streim, Joel ^a   Greene, James A ^a   Meyers, Nick ^a   Beckwith, Elizabeth ^a   Rabins, Peter ^a  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b APA   (United States)

^c Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; REVIEW;

EID: 0032931777     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199902000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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