Maximizing federal medicaid dollars: nursing home provider tax adoption, 2000-2004

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 899-930

  Miller, Edward Alan ^a   Wang, Lili ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; POLITICS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249147884     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2009-031     Document Type: Article

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