Determinant attributes in nursing home choice: Profiling attribute segments

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-88

  Hill, C Jeanne ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinant attributes in nursing home choice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035748812     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J026v19n02_06     Document Type: Article

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