Medicaid bed-hold policy and medicare skilled nursing facility rehospitalizations

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1963-1980

  Grabowski, David C ^a   Feng, Zhanlian ^b   Intrator, Orna ^b   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitalization; Medicaid; Medicare; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT;

AGE FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SEX FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449311095     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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