From home to hospital and back again: Economic restructuring, end of life, and the gendered problems of place-switching health services

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2289-2301

  Cartier, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic restructuring; Gender; Health services; Long term care; Place; Space; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; CUSTODY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0037409873     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00228-9     Document Type: Article

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