Geographic concentration and correlates of nursing home closures: 1999-2008

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 806-813

  Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Lepore, Michael ^a,b   Clark, Melissa A ^a   Tyler, Denise ^a   Smith, David B ^a,c   Mor, Vincent ^a   Fennell, Mary L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Planetree Inc   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; ONLINE SYSTEM; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955772624     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.492     Document Type: Article

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