Focus on research methods: Service delivery challenges of nursing research in home health care

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-353

  Madigan, Elizabeth A ^a   Anderson, Mary Ann ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health care; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033174292     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199908)22:4<349::AID-NUR9>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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