Malpractice paid losses and financial performance of nursing homes

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Zhao, Mei ^a   Haley, D Rob ^a   Oetjen, Reid M ^b   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; malpractice paid losses; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650889002     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181e62c36     Document Type: Article

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