Nursing home quality: A comparative analysis using cms nursing home compare data to examine differences between rural and nonrural facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 593-598

  Lutfiyya, May Nawal ^a   Gessert, Charles E ^a   Lipsky, Martin S ^b  

^a Essentia Institute of Rural Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural long term care; Rural nursing home quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84881261850     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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