Winning at All Costs: Analysis of Inflation in Nursing Homes’ Rating System

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 215-233

  Han, Xu ^a   Yaraghi, Niam ^b,c   Gopal, Ram ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

inflation detection; nursing home; rating system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041959170     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12804     Document Type: Article

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