Providing case management to Cuban-American homebound elderly

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Golden, Adam G ^a   Llorente, Maria ^a   Silverman, Michael A ^a   Berngard, Debbie ^a   Hamdan, Kamal ^a   Furlong, Robert J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 2942511671     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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