Nursing home prices and market structure: The effect of assisted living industry expansion

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-112

  Bowblis, John R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; OHIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890822476     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413311300025X     Document Type: Article

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