The association between organizational characteristics and benefits offered to nursing assistants: Results from the National Nursing Home Survey

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-332

  Temple, April ^a   Dobbs, Debra ^b   Andel, Ross ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; nursing assistants; nursing homes; organizational characteristics; political economy of aging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAID; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957597965     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181e02f64     Document Type: Article

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