Eligibility for long-term care in The Netherlands: Development of a decision support system

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-296

  Van Campen, Crétien ^a   Van Gameren, Edwin ^a  

^a Social and Cultural Planning Office   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Eligibility determination; Health services needs; Long term care; Multinomial logit model

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 22144444122     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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