Service utilization by wife caregivers of frail older veterans

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 33-52

  Dorfman, Lorraine T ^a   Holmes, Connie A ^b   Berlin, Karyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOLDIER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSES; VETERANS;

EID: 0031443909     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v26n02_03     Document Type: Review

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