Nursing home quality: Does financial performance matter?

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 143-159

  Zhao, Mei ^a   Oetjen, Reid M ^b   Nolin, Joann M ^a   Carretta, Henry J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Nursing homes; Quality; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957050523     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030600     Document Type: Article

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