Oversight of nursing homes: Pruning the tree or just spotting bad apples?

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Angelelli, Joseph ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a   Intrator, Orna ^a   Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Zinn, Jacqueline ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficiencies; Nursing home; Quality; Regulation; Termination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CERTIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037608754     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.suppl_2.67     Document Type: Article

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