Chain reaction: An exploratory study of nursing home bankruptcy in California

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 19-35

  Kitchener, Martin ^a   O'Neill, Ciaran ^b   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Chains; Nursing homes; Policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; ELDERLY CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; POLICY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BANKRUPTCY; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144519972     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v17n04_02     Document Type: Article

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