The impact of a decade of policy on home health care utilization

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 35-56

  Torrez, Diana J ^a   Estes, Carroll ^b   Linkens, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; PHILADELPHIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031617090     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v16n04_03     Document Type: Article

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