Occupational therapist home evaluations: Inequalities, but doing the best we can?

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-379

  Lysack, Catherine L ^a,b   Neufeld, Stewart ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Home modifications; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HOME CARE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0642366772     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.4.369     Document Type: Review

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