Patterns and costs of post-acute care: A longitudinal study of people aged 60 and over in Dubbo

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-26

  McCallum, John ^a   Simons, Leon ^b   Simons, Judith ^b   Wilson, Joanne ^b   Sadler, Paul ^c   Owen, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW Ageing and Disability Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030077695     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01331.x     Document Type: Article

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