Implications of global budget payment system on nursing home costs

Health Policy

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 237-248

  Di Giorgio, Laura ^a   Filippini, Massimo ^a,b   Masiero, Giuliano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Policy change; Prospective payment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL BUDGET PAYMENT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SWITZERLAND; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84895919277     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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