The duration and degree of end-of-life dependency of home care clients and hospital inpatients

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Wilson, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036584782     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2002.29526     Document Type: Article

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