Nursing home financial performance: The role of ownership and chain affiliation

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-245

  Weech Maldonado, Robert ^a   Laberge, Alex ^b   Pradhan, Rohit ^a   Johnson, Christopher E ^c   Yang, Zhou ^d   Hyer, Kathryn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

chain affiliation; financial performance; for profit; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862806836     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31823dfe13     Document Type: Review

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