Explaining direct care resource use of nursing home residents: Findings from time studies in four states

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 827-846

  Arling, Greg ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Mueller, Christine ^c   Lewis, Teresa ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MN Department of Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Hierarchical linear model; Nursing home; Payment; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING UNIT; PATIENT CARE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947169326     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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