Medicare payment changes and nursing home quality: Effects on long-stay residents

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-189

  Konetzka, R Tamara ^a   Norton, Edward C ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Nursing homes; Prospective payment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST ALLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 37549063313     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-006-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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