Organizational characteristics and cancer care for nursing home residents: Cancer care

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1983-2003

  Clement, Jan P ^c   Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Lin, Chunchieh ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Balanced Budget Act; Cancer care; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BUDGET; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RESIDENT; STATISTICS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849113870     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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