Changes in the nursing facility-hospital interface after the prospective payment system: The effects on patients with infections in the post-acute care setting

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Phillips, V L ^a   Langmuir, Holly ^a   Parmelee, Patricia ^a   Weinberg, Andrew D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038824073     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jam.0000066026.10962.be     Document Type: Article

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