Is higher nursing home quality more costly?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1011-1026

  Giorgio, L Di ^a,b   Filippini, M ^b,c   Masiero, G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite quality indicators; Cost quality tradeoff; Costs; Nonprofit; Nursing home; Outcome quality; Process quality; Single quality indicators; Structure quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COST CONTROL; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; INCONTINENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL FEE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84948433518     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-015-0743-4     Document Type: Article

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