Home care or long-term care facility: Factors that influence the decision

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 35-48

  Alcock, Denise ^a   Angus, Douglas ^a   Diem, Elizabeth ^a   Gallagher, Elaine ^b   Medves, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Queen s University   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Decisional factors; Facility care; Home care; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

AGED; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036359870     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v21n02_03     Document Type: Article

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