Prospective budgeting for home care: Making titration work

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-424

  Greene, Vernon L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Case management; Cost benefit analysis; Home care; Prospective budgeting; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BUDGETS; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22244445125     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264304274293     Document Type: Article

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