A limited entitlement for community care: How members use services

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 43-64

  Leutz, Walter N ^a   Capitman, John ^a   Green, Carla A ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Disability; Home care; Long term care; Managed care; Medicare; Social HMO

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035223481     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v12n03_03     Document Type: Article

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