Modeling efficiency at the process level: An examination of the care planning process in nursing homes

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-32

  Lee, Robert H ^a   Bott, Marjorie J ^b   Gajewski, Byron ^b   Taunton, Roma Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Care planning; Corrected ordinary least squares; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Long term care; Quality

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; KANSAS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MISSOURI; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58349088529     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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