Cost implications of organizing nursing home workforce in teams

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1309-1325

  Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Cai, Shubing ^b   Temkin Greener, Helena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Costs; Nursing homes; Quality; Teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY; TEAM BUILDING; TEAM NURSING; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; NURSING, TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249138310     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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