title: Variety of factors to determine potential nursing home market.
abstract: As the nation ages, how will hospitals and other providers determine how to care for a growing patient population--those requiring nursing home beds? In the following article, the authors discuss nursing home demand projection methodologies that could be useful for administrators who want to pursue this patient population as a market area. The plausible solution, they note, is a composite approach that focuses on historical trends and both clinical and referral sources.
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Shamen
authors: E F
authors: EF
authors: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005544:Forecasting; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States