title: The missing link. Once a mom-and-pop industry, long term care is becoming the domain of chains.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002202:Capital Financing; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D010067:Ownership