The residential history file: Studying nursing home residents' long-term care histories

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 120-137

  Intrator, Orna ^a,b   Hiris, Jeffrey ^a   Berg, Katherine ^c   Miller, Susan C ^a   Mor, Vince ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Research Scientist   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

linking administrative files; Medicare; Minimum Data Set (MDS); tracking health care utilization; transitions in care settings

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650981833     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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