Smoke without fire: Nursing facility closures in California, 1997-2001

Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-202

  Kitchener, Martin ^a   Bostrom, Alan ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PROFIT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444226526     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.2.189     Document Type: Review

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