The health consequences of relocation for nursing home residents following hurricane katrina

Research on Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 661-687

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Engberg, John B ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

health; nursing homes; outcomes; relocation stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053164628     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027511412197     Document Type: Article

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