Effect of State Medicaid Reimbursement Rates on Hospitalizations from Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Intrator, Orna ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix reimbursement; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Medicare; Nursing home staffing; State policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 1542615064     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52111.x     Document Type: Article

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