Richard Hirth
Biographic Data
| ID | 5535100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Hirth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirth |
| SIGNATURE | HIRTH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nursing Home Chain Affiliation and Its Impact on Specialty Service Designation for Alzheimer Disease
Specialty care units (SCUs) in nursing homes (NHs) grew in popularity during the 1990s to attract residents while national policies and treatment paradigms changed. Alzheimer disease has consistently been the dominant form of SCU. This study explored the extent to which chain affiliation, which is common among NHs, affected SCU bed designation. Using data from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) from 1996 through 2010 with 207 4…
Do Nursing Home Chain Size and Proprietary Status Affect Experiences With Care
BACKGROUND: In 2012, over half of nursing homes were operated by corporate chains. Facilities owned by the largest for-profit chains were reported to have lower quality of care. However, it is unknown how nursing home chain ownerships are related with experiences of care. OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between nursing home chain characteristics (chain size and profit status) with patients' family member reported ratings on experiences with…
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Do Nursing Home Chain Size and Proprietary Status Affect Experiences With Care
BACKGROUND: In 2012, over half of nursing homes were operated by corporate chains. Facilities owned by the largest for-profit chains were reported to have lower quality of care. However, it is unknown how nursing home chain ownerships are related with experiences of care. OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between nursing home chain characteristics (chain size and profit status) with patients' family member reported ratings on experiences with…
Nursing Home Chain Affiliation and Its Impact on Specialty Service Designation for Alzheimer Disease
Specialty care units (SCUs) in nursing homes (NHs) grew in popularity during the 1990s to attract residents while national policies and treatment paradigms changed. Alzheimer disease has consistently been the dominant form of SCU. This study explored the extent to which chain affiliation, which is common among NHs, affected SCU bed designation. Using data from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) from 1996 through 2010 with 207 4…
Business (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Nursing homes (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work)