Special care units and their influence on nursing home occupancy characteristics

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Special care units

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BED OCCUPANCY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349061351     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000304490.65028.a3     Document Type: Article

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