A comparison of quality measures between for-profit and nonprofit medicare-certified home health agencies in Michigan

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-90

  Haldiman, Kathryn L ^a   Tzeng, Huey Ming ^b  

^a Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

For profit organizations; Home care agencies; Home care services; Home health care agencies; Medicare; Nonprofit organizations; Ownership; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954596575     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2010.493458     Document Type: Article

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