Complaints in for-profit, non-profit and public nursing homes in two Canadian provinces

Open Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 183-192

  McGregor, Margaret J ^a,b   Cohen, Marcy ^c   Stocks Rankin, Catherine Rose ^d   Cox, Michelle B ^a   Salomons, Kia ^a   McGrail, Kimberlyn M ^a   Spencer, Charmaine ^e   Ronald, Lisa A ^a,b,f   Schulzer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 83155161208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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