Title: Swing beds :
Authors: Wiener, Joshua M.; Brookings Institution.
Date: 1987
Publisher: Brookings Institution,
Physical description: ix, 140 p. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Policy issues / Joshua M. Wiener -- Robert Wood Johnson demonstration / Anthony R. Kovner and Hila Richardson -- Cost issues Steven A. Finkler -- Swing-bed reimbursement: objectives and options / John Holahan -- Access and case-mix patterns / Peter W. Shaughnessy -- Quality of care / Helen L. Smits -- Meaning of the swing-bed experience / Bruce C. Vladeck.
Subject headings (LCSH): Hospital beds--Classification.; Hospital care.; Hospital swing beds--Congresses.; Hospital swing beds--United States--Congresses.; Hospital utilization--Length of stay.; Long-term care facilities--United States.; Rural hospitals--Congresses.; Rural hospitals--United States--Congresses.; Rural hospitals--United States.