The drive for quality care in US nursing homes in the era of the prospective payment system

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 623-631

  Hughes, Carmel M ^a   Lapane, Kate L ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036032451     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200219090-00001     Document Type: Review

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