Client demands and the allocation of home care in the Netherlands. A multinomial logit model of client types, care needs and referrals

Health Policy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-241

  Van Campen, Crétien ^a   Woittiez, Isolde B ^a  

^a Social and Cultural Planning Office   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care needs; Client types; Health care services; Home care referrals; Multinomial logit models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037402918     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00156-2     Document Type: Article

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