The nursing home problem in Florida

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Polivka, Larry ^a   Salmon, Jennifer R ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Johnson, Christopher ^b   Hedgecock, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living facilities; Liability insurance; Litigation; Long term care; Nursing homes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FLORIDA; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0037608764     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.suppl_2.7     Document Type: Review

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