SPECIAL CARE UNITS FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS: THEIR ROLE IN THE NURSING HOME MARKET

The Special Care Unit (SCU) is a new, rapidly proliferating mode of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Approximately 10% of nursing homes within the U.S. have SCUs with the number expected to grow substantially in coming years. SCUs are largely unregulated and not uncontroversial....

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of health and human services administration 1998-01, Vol.20 (3), p.300-310
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Alzheimer Disease - economics
Alzheimer Disease - nursing
Alzheimers disease
Cost efficiency
Costs and Cost Analysis
Dementia
Economic Competition
Geriatric Nursing
Gerontologists
Health administration
Health care costs
Health Care Sector
Humans
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Medicaid
Nursing home industry
Nursing homes
Nursing Homes - economics
Nursing Homes - organization & administration
Nursing Homes - standards
Older adults
Patient care
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