Informal and formal care for the elderly: Decision determinants and their implications

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 53-68

  Mundt, Jonel ^a   Lusch, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030630996     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J026v14n03_05     Document Type: Article

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