The use of home care by cancer patients: A multivariate analysis

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Freiman, Marc P ^a   Breen, Nancy ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030628790     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v16n01_02     Document Type: Article

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