Long-term care policy after Covid-19 - Solving the nursing home crisis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 383, Issue 10, 2020, Pages 903-905

  Werner, Rachel M ^a,b   Hoffman, Allison K ^a,c   Coe, Norma B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISTANCING; UNITED STATES; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85087985886     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2014811     Document Type: Review

References (5)

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5. Weiner J, Coe NB, Hoffman AK, Werner RM. Policy options for financing long-term care in the U.S. Issue brief. Vol. 23, no. 3. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, April 2020 (https://ldi.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/LDI%20Issue%20Brief% 202020%20Vol.%2023%20No.%203_6_0.pdf).