Nursing home characteristics related to medicare costs for residents with and without dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-65

  Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^b   Hebel, J Richard ^b   Burton, Lynda ^c   Boockvar, Kenneth ^d   Taler, George ^e   Quinn, Charlene C ^b   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Residential care assisted living

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; X RAY; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANPOWER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949101304     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317507308778     Document Type: Article

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