Ethnicity and aged care assessment teams in Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Davis, Craig ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^b   McCarthy, Sean ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME;

EID: 0030003275     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01333.x     Document Type: Article

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