The impact of special focus facility nursing homes on market quality

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Sonon, Kristen ^a   Antonova, Jenya ^b  

^a Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term; Nursing homes; Public Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING HOME; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955045585     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq006     Document Type: Article

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