Physician Practice Patterns in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 558-567

  Levy, Cari ^a,b   Palat, Sing I T ^c   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing home; Physician practices; physician role; practice models

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 35848958148     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.015     Document Type: Review

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