Use of home care services by elderly Chinese immigrants

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 41-56

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly Chinese; Home care; Immigrants; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CANADA; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 16544362565     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v23n03_03     Document Type: Article

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