Nursing home administrators' opinions of the Nursing Home Compare Web site

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-308

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing Home Compare; Quality; Report cards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044374695     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.3.299     Document Type: Article

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