Quality and outcomes of care for older women with chronic disease

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 178-191

  Clancy, Carolyn M ^a   Bierman, Arlene S ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034622368     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(00)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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