Prepared for: Dept. of Health Administration.

"The dissertation was supported by grant number 30-P-90742-3-01 from the Health Care Financing Administration"--Leaf iii.

"October 1997."

"Project specifics: SR number 30-P-90742/3; Project number 97-011; Project title: Subacute care in skilled nursing facilities as an adaptive response to the new healthcare environment; Awardee: Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia; Project Officer: Carl Hackerman; Principle Investigator: Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh; Funding level: 20515; Start date: 03/07/1997; End date: 03/06/1998"--Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services R & D projects database PDF tracking form.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-205).

Photocopy. [Baltimore, Maryland?] : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, [2002]. 28 cm.