Home Care in Canada: Passing the Buck

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 11-25

  Coyte, Peter C ^a   McKeever, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIVATE SECTOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035468191     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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