Organizational efficiency and quality in Texas nursing facilities

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-188

  Knox, Kris Joseph ^a   Blankmeyer, Eric C ^b   Stutzman, J R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Cost and profit functions; Efficiency; Nursing facilities; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; PROFIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MANAGEMENT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TEXAS;

EID: 0642366139     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024440123881     Document Type: Article

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