Intended and unintended consequences of minimum staffing standards for nursing homes

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 822-839

  Chen, Min M ^a   Grabowski, David C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

health care quality; nursing home; nursing input; regulation; staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING SHORTAGE; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; REGISTERED NURSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKING TIME; AGED; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MEDICARE; NURSING ASSISTANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OHIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930356105     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3063     Document Type: Article

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