Geographic market definition: The case of medicare-reimbursed skilled nursing facility care

Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-154

  Bowblis, John R ^a   North, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Farmer School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052838957     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_48.02.03     Document Type: Article

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