JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 558-567 , November 2007

Physician Practice Patterns in Nursing Homes

  • Cari Levy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Healthcare Policy and Research, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO
    • Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cari Levy, MD, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, 13611 E Colfax Ave, Suite 100, Aurora, CO 80045 and the Denver VA Medical Center, 4595 Hale Parkway, Suite 217, Denver, CO 80220.
    • ,
  • Sing-I.T. Palat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
    • ,
  • Andrew M. Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Healthcare Policy and Research, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.015

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