Abstract
This analysis shows that organizational and market characteristics of nursing homes affect their propensity toward early adoption of innovations. Some of the results may be useful for nursing home administrators and policy makers attempting to promote innovation.
Keywords
Early adopterMedicaidNursing homesReimbursementBusinessLogistic regressionAffect (linguistics)MarketingNursingHealth carePublic economicsEconomicsMedicineEconomic growthPsychology
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- 2001
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- article
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 161-172
- Citations
- 94
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Nicholas G. Castle
(2001).
Innovation in Nursing Homes.
The Gerontologist
, 41
(2)
, 161-172.
https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/41.2.161
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- DOI
- 10.1093/geront/41.2.161