The taste for regulation in long-term care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mor, Vincent ^a   Miller, Edward Alan ^b   Clark, Melissa ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; quality; reform; regulation; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HUMAN; AGED; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954939815     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710367655     Document Type: Article

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