Cost analyses of home care and nursing home services in the Southern Taiwan area

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 325-335

  Chiu, Lian ^a,b   Tang, Kwong Yui ^b   Shyu, Woei Cherng ^d   Huang, Chan Ling ^e   Wang, Shiou Ping ^c  

^a Kang Ning Junior College   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Kang Ning Junior College of M C and M   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Health policy; Home care; Long term care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034266282     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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