Quality of medicare-reimbursed home health care

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 492-501

  Jette, Alan M ^a   Smith, Kevin W ^b   McDermott, Susan M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Home care; Long term care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0029763273     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.4.492     Document Type: Article

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