What types of home are closing? The characteristics of homes which closed between 1996 and 2001

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-264

  Darton, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Home closures; National minimum standards; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042790402     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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