The rise of human service chains: Antecedents to acquisitions and their effects on the quality of care in US nursing homes

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 261-282

  Banaszak Holl, Jane ^a   Berta, Whitney B ^b   Bowman, Dilys M ^a   Baum, Joel A C ^c   Mitchell, Will ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0742311380     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1065     Document Type: Article

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