title: A nurse-run business to improve health care for nursing home residents.
abstract: The costs of health care for the rapidly growing segment of our population over age 75 are staggering. EverCare is a nurse-run business that seeks to improve cost-effectiveness and quality of health care for nursing home residents enrolled in a health maintenance organization.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Polich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bayard
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care