Does the public sector outperform the nonprofit ond for-profit sectors? Evidence from a national panel study on nursing home quality and access

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-353

  Amirkhanyan, Anna A ^a   Kim, Hyun Joon ^b   Lambright, Kristina T ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449145510     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20327     Document Type: Article

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