Opportunity wages and workforce adjustments: Understanding the cost of in-home elder care

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  White Means, Shelley ^a   Chollet, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ACADEMYHEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0029871940     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.2.S82     Document Type: Article

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