Top management turnover and quality in nursing homes

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Lin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Quality; Top management; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949601693     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181c22bcb     Document Type: Article

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