Ownership, chain affiliation, and administrator decision-making autonomy in long-term care facilities

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Kruzich, Jean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralization; For profit; Investor owned; System membership; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444302826     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v29n01_02     Document Type: Article

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