Do corporate chains affect quality of care in nursing homes? The role of corporate standardization

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-178

  Kamimura, Akiko ^a   Banaszak Holl, Jane ^b,c   Berta, Whitney ^d   Baum, Joel A C ^e   Weigelt, Carmen ^f   Mitchell, Will ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Dept of Epidemiology Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain or corporate ownership; Corporate practices; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247257405     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000267794.55427.52     Document Type: Article

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