Factors influencing long-term home care utilization by the older population: Implications for targeting

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 443-449

  Lee, Taewha ^a   Kovner, Christine T ^b   Mezey, Mathy D ^b   Ko, Il Sun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b College of Nursing ^*

Author keywords

Elderly; Home care; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035513184     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2001.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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