Receiving help at home: The interplay of human and technological assistance

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Allen, S M ^a   Foster, A ^a   Berg, K ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING AID;

EID: 0034760852     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.6.S374     Document Type: Article

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